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title: NORMEREL OPlite
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categories:
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- Computers
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types:
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- Professional Computer
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origins:
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- France
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years:
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- '1983'
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cpus:
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- Intel 8088
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params:
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name: OPlite
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image: /media/museum/photos/normerel_oplite_system_s1.jpg
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logo: /media/museum/logos/normerel_oplite_logo_2.gif
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company: /companies/normerel
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company_name: NORMEREL
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specs:
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- label: NAME
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value: OPlite
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- label: MANUFACTURER
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value: Normerel
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- label: TYPE
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value: Professional Computer
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- label: ORIGIN
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value: France
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- label: YEAR
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value: '1983'
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- label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
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value: None
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- label: KEYBOARD
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value: Standard 83-key PC-type with 10 function keys and Numeric keypad
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- label: CPU
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value: Intel 8088
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- label: SPEED
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value: 4.77 MHz
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- label: CO-PROCESSOR
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value: Motorola 6845 CRT controller
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- label: RAM
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value: 256 KB
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- label: VRAM
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value: 16 KB
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- label: ROM
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value: 10 KB (8 KB BIOS, 2 KB Char. Generator)
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- label: TEXT MODES
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value: 40 ot 80 columns x 25 lines
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- label: GRAPHIC MODES
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value: CGA - 640 x 200 dots
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- label: COLORS
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value: '16'
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- label: SOUND
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value: Beeper
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- label: SIZE / WEIGHT
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value: 52 (W) x 38 (D) x 26 (H) cm
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- label: I/O PORTS
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value: RGB, video composite, SCART, FDD controller, Parallel, Serial,4 expansion slots
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- label: BUILT IN MEDIA
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value: 1 or 2 x 5.25'' 360 KB FDD - Optional HDD
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- label: OS
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value: MS-DOS
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- label: POWER SUPPLY
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value: Built-in switching PSU
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- label: PERIPHERALS
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value: 720 KB disk drives, 10 MB hard drive
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- label: PRICE
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value: 26 590 F HT (France, may 1985) (approx. 4800 )
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tabs:
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- photos
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forum_thread: 1097
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photos:
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- title: LARGE VIEW
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/photos/normerel_oplite_system_s2.jpg
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- title: SIDE VIEW
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/photos/normerel_oplite_sideview_s1.jpg
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- title: REMOVABLE DISPLAY
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/photos/normerel_oplite_sepdisp_s1.jpg
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- title: REAR PANEL
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/photos/normerel_oplite_backpanel_s1.jpg
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- title: REAR CONNECTORS
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subtitle: ''
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text: |-
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From left to right:
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• RVB connector for a CGA monitor\
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• Composite video output\
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• SCART connector, allows to connect a standard TV set\
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• Floppy disk controller connector, used to manage the internal FDDs\
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• Parallel DB25 connector\
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• Serial DB25 connector
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image: /media/museum/photos/normerel_oplite_rearcon_s1.jpg
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- title: INSIDE
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subtitle: ''
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text: |-
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**(1)** 4 PC-compatible expansion slots\
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**(2)** 256 KB RAM (32 x 4164)\
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**(3)** Intel 8088 processor\
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**(4)** Reset switch. Another reset swith is located next to the expansion slots\
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**(5)** 8 KB BIOS ROM chip (2764)\
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**(6)** Motorola 6845 CRT controller\
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**(7)** 2 KB character generator chip\
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**(8)** Dual double-sided, single density 360 KB mitsubishi floppy drives.
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image: /media/museum/photos/normerel_oplite_inside_s1.jpg
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oc_id: 1127
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source:
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url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230129160951/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1127
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date: '2023-01-29'
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---
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Almost ten years after having conceived the [Micral](/museum/r2e-micral-n/), world first commercial microprocessor based computer, André Thi T. Truong, joined the young Normerel Company managed by his old friend Jean René Tissot.
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In a short time, he designed the OPlite, first computer Normerel would produce.
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The Oplite was a PC compatible system featuring some innovative concepts. The case held a dual floppy disk drive and a removable 9-inch display. Standard connectors allowed an external colour TV set, a RGB or composite monitor to be used. The case also provided room for four long expansion cards.
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To reach a high level of sales, Normerel joined together with Rank Xerox. The OPlite was thus sold in the large French 'Xerox Store's network alongside Apple, Toshiba and other well-known brands.
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Later, Normerel would sell several PC and AT compatible systems. They made a joint-venture with [ADDX Systèmes](/museum/add-x-systeme-smp-8/) and formed ADDX-Normerel.
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In 1989, the company which lost a lot of money, was bought by SMT-Goupil. Finally, Normerel closed its doors in July 1998, the same year as SMT.
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