Files
website/content/museum/smt-goupil-3.md
T
yann64andClaude Opus 5.5 b274874139 All machines linked to their forum thread (full comment import)
1,289 discussions, 9,527 archived comments; pages no longer carry the comments themselves.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01YDRjtmAiNpo5mK5N3d7QwZ
2026-10-13 17:26:43 +02:00

128 lines
5.2 KiB
Markdown

---
title: SMT Goupil 3
categories:
- Computers
types:
- Professional Computer
origins:
- France
years:
- '1983'
cpus:
- Zilog Z80 A
params:
name: Goupil 3
image: /media/museum/photos/goupil_goupil3_1.jpg
company: /companies/smt
company_name: SMT
specs:
- label: NAME
value: Goupil 3
- label: MANUFACTURER
value: SMT
- label: TYPE
value: Professional Computer
- label: ORIGIN
value: France
- label: YEAR
value: '1983'
- label: END OF PRODUCTION
value: Unknown
- label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
value: Unknown
- label: KEYBOARD
value: Full stroke keyboard with numeric keypad, editing keypad and 12 function keys
- label: CPU
value: Zilog Z80 A / Motorola MC6809 / Intel 8088
- label: SPEED
value: 4 MHz (Z80) / 2 MHz (6809) / 4 MHz (8088)
- label: CO-PROCESSOR
value: Optional numeric processor
- label: RAM
value: 64 KB (up to 1 MB)
- label: VRAM
value: Unknown
- label: ROM
value: 40 KB (Basic) + 4 KB (Bootstrap 6809)
- label: TEXT MODES
value: 25 x 80
- label: GRAPHIC MODES
value: none (optional 512 x 256)
- label: COLORS
value: black & green original display (optional 8 color feature)
- label: SOUND
value: Unknown
- label: SIZE / WEIGHT
value: Unknown
- label: I/O PORTS
value: Goupil Bus
- label: BUILT IN MEDIA
value: one or two 5.25'' or 8'' disk drives
- label: OS
value: FLEX, CP/M, CP/M 86 or MSDOS
- label: POWER SUPPLY
value: Built-in power supply unit
- label: PRICE
value: 35000 FF (1983, France)
tabs:
- photos
- adverts
forum_thread: 144
photos:
- title: GOUPIL G3
subtitle: ''
text: |-
Here is one of the many configurations available for the Goupil G3.
Thanks to [www.bolo.ch](http://www.bolo.ch) for this picture
image: /media/museum/photos/smt_goupil-g3_bolo_1.jpg
- title: BACK SIDE
subtitle: ''
text: |-
The hardware conception of the Goupil 3 mades it easy to adjust the configuration according to the user needs. 7 or 15 slots for plug-in cards are available. It's also possible to install and use simultaneously two different microprocessors and operating systems.
**(1)** Colour or monochrome monitor. Can be separated from the base unit.\
**(2)** Keyboard.\
**(3)** Base unit including 64 or 128 Kb. RAM, 1 serial port and 2 parallel interfaces.\
**(4)** On / Off master switch.\
**(5)** Power supply with fan. 50 or 100 watts according to the configuration used.\
**(6)** Housing for various expansion cards.\
**(7)** Case for disk drives and / or hard-disk.
image: /media/museum/photos/goupil_3_backside_1.jpg
- title: FRENCH STEREOTYPE
subtitle: ''
text: Here is a Goupil 3 with a french beret ! Where is the baguette ?
image: /media/museum/photos/smtp_goupil-3_beret.jpg
adverts:
- title: FRENCH AD (DEC.1983)
subtitle: ''
text: '"Goupil 3: three micro-computers in one!"'
image: /media/museum/pubs/smt_goupil3_pub_3ordisen1.jpg
- title: 'ADVERT #1'
subtitle: ''
text: As it's often the case with these promotional pictures, the whole scene sounds fake and so... unreal.
image: /media/museum/pubs/goupil_3_pub_laboratory_1.jpg
- title: 'ADVERT #2'
subtitle: ''
text: |-
This is the home version of the Goupil 3, with only RGB video output and cassette interface.
What a lucky girl ! Her father offered her a fantastic game machine (the game pictured here must be the only one available for the Goupil 3). This system is perfectly adapted to her small fingers and so delicate knees (have a look at this enormous keyboard, man !).\
The father must have been working for S.M.T. (manufacturer of the Goupil), as I don't see any other logical explanation. No one would have made this to his child without fearing eternal reproaches.
image: /media/museum/pubs/goupil_3_pub_games_1.jpg
oc_id: 132
source:
url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230604032435/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=132
date: '2023-06-04'
---
Like its little brothers **Goupil** and [Goupil 2](/museum/smt-goupil-2/), the Goupil 3 is based on a back-plane architecture. You get the computer you want by adding different electronic boards. Thus Goupil 3 can be a tri-processor system: Motorola 6809 like its little brothers, Zilog Z80 for CP/M compatibility and Intel 8088 to match the emerging "IBM PC/MS-DOS" movement. The processors don't work simultaneously but can use a time sharing mechanism.
Like the [Goupil 2](/museum/smt-goupil-2/), the Goupil 3 was especially designed for communication, and thus had a built-in modem. Among other things it can emulate the Minitel (French videotext terminal) or connect to data centers.
The 5.25" floppy disk drive can be replaced with an 8" drive (1.2 MB). A 10 MB hard disk was also available as an option.
The Goupil 3 can run under a lot of operating systems: Flex 9 or Uniflex (with the 6809), CP/M (with the Z80) or CP/M 86 or MS-DOS with the 8088.
<table> <tr> <td></td> <td>We need more info about this computer ! If you designed, used, or have more info about this system, please send us pictures or anything you might find useful.</td> <td></td> </tr> </table>