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Thomson MO 6
Computers
Home Computer
France
1986
Motorola MC 6809e
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MO 6 /media/museum/photos/mo6.jpg /companies/thomson Thomson
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NAME MO 6
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MANUFACTURER Thomson
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TYPE Home Computer
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ORIGIN France
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YEAR Unknown 1986
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END OF PRODUCTION Unknown
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BUILT IN LANGUAGE 2 Microsoft BASIC interpreters - MO5 compatible and BASIC 128
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KEYBOARD Full stroke 69 key with 5 function keys and arrow keys
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CPU Motorola MC 6809e
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SPEED 1 MHz
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CO-PROCESSOR Custom Thomson gate array chip
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RAM 128 KB
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VRAM Unknown
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ROM 64 KB
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TEXT MODES 40 or 80 chars x 25 lines
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GRAPHIC MODES 8 modes, from 160 x 200 to 640 x 200 dots
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COLORS from 2 to 16 among 4096
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SOUND 3 channels, 7 octaves
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SIZE / WEIGHT 36 (W) x 31(D) x 8.5 (H) cm
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I/O PORTS Light Pen, Joystick, Mouse, Centronics, Cartridge, External Audio, Bus, RGB
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BUILT IN MEDIA Tape recorder
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POWER SUPPLY Built-in power supply unit
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PERIPHERALS 3.5'' floppy disc drive
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PRICE Unknown
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MAINBOARD (1) Two ROM chips holding two versions of Microsoft BASIC\ (2) ROM cartridges connector\ (3) TV aerial modulator\ (4) I/O are managed by Two 6821P PIA chips\ (5) EF-9369P graphics video chip\ (6) Keyboard connectors\ (7) Four 41464 (64 cells x 4 bits) chips hold 128 Kb of RAM\ (8) Custom gate array chip made by Texas Instruments\ (9) Motorola 6809EP processor\ (10) Power supply unit /media/museum/photos/olivetti_pcs128_mainboard_1.jpg
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BOX Thanks to Yoann Riou for this picture /media/museum/photos/thomson_mo6_box_1.jpg
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BOX - REAR Thanks to Yoann Riou for this picture /media/museum/photos/thomson_mo6_box_2.jpg
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5.25'' DISK DRIVE 320 KB model This 5.25'' disk-drive offers a 320 KB capacity (40 tracks > 16 sectors > 256 bytes) and a built-in controller. /media/museum/hardware/thomson_to7_diskdrive_2.jpg
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DISK CONTROLLER CD 90-351 This interface was used to connect a disk drive or a Quick Disc Drive (QDD) to a TO-7, TO-7/70, MO5 or MO6. /media/museum/hardware/thomson_to7_disk-interface.jpg
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JOYSTICK MODULE Dual Atari compatible joysticks module /media/museum/hardware/thomson_to9_joymodule_1.jpg
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MUSIC & GAME MODULE CM 90-112 This module offers two joystick connectors (Videopac joysticks can be used) and adds three channels to the TO-7 or MO-5 (resulting in a total of 4 voices). Sadly, these new sound features were scarcely used in games... /media/museum/hardware/thomson_to7_joy-interface.jpg
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MUSIC & GAME MODULE #2 /media/museum/hardware/thomson_mo5_musicetjeu_s1.jpg
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ORDI 94 Joystick Interface This interface enables Atari joysticks to be used with TO-7, TO-7/70 and MO5. It was sold by Ordivisuel under the name Ordi 94. /media/museum/hardware/thomson_to7_joy-atari.jpg
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PRINTER PR-90 080 80 columns dot-matrix printer which was a rebadged version of the Seikosha GP-80 /media/museum/hardware/thomson_to7_imp_pr90-080.jpg
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PRINTER PR-90 600 80-column 9-pin dot matrix printer. A rebadged version of the Seikosha SP-1000 with graphics capabilities /media/museum/hardware/thomson_to9_imppr90_600_1.jpg
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MO6 CREATORS easter egg ! You can display this picture by pressing keys M, 0 and 6 simultaneously, while you're on the boot screen ! These guys are said to be the MO6 creators. /media/museum/software/thomson_mo6_createurs_ss.gif
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DCMO5 http://dcmo5.free.fr/ Windows Thomson MO5 emulator for PC
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DCMO5 Gamer Edition HTTP://DCMO5.FREE.FR Windows Easy to use emulator, to run MO5 games without knowing MO5 commands
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DCMO6 http://dcmo6.free.fr/ Windows Thomson MO5NR, Thomson MO6 and Olivetti Prodest PC128 emulator for PC
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DCMOTO http://dcmoto.free.fr/ Windows Universal 8-bit Thomson emulator for Windows. Emulates Thomson MO5, MO5E, MO5NR, MO6, T9000, TO7/70, TO8, TO8D, TO9, TO9+ and Olivetti Prodest PC128 !
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DCTO7 and DCTO8 http://dcto7.free.fr/ Windows Thomson T9000, TO7/70, TO8, TO8D emulator for Windows
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TODC http://www.jplang.fr.st/ Other platform No, you are not dreaming. This is a TO-7/70 emulator for the Dreamcast game system !
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AmiTO8 http://membres.lycos.fr/amito8/data/Accueil.html Amiga / Thomson dedicated site. Some original stuff there!
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Christophe's Lair http://lair.thomsonistes.org/ Lot of stuff here, a must see site (french)
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Collection Thomson http://gfournier.free.fr/ Another great site with tons of documentation
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DCMOTO http://dcmoto.free.fr/ Excellent site !! Home of the DCMOTO emulator. Lot od documentations and software to download. A must see !
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Forum Thomson http://forumthomson2001.free.fr/forum01.htm Get in contact with other Thomson fans (in french)
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MOTO, le site Des micros Thomsons http://www.multimania.com/tonews/ Some info about the Thomson computers (french)
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Nostalgies Thomsonistes http://nostalgies.thomsonistes.org/ Excellent site dedicated to Thomson computers (french)
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Thomatoes http://wiki.forler.ch Thomson Wiki
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www.logicielsmoto.com http://www.logicielsmoto.com/home.php Fantastic site! Very big software library and much more!
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MO5 french TV commercial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPr7NeqMobc Length: 31 s
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The Thomson MO 6 was the successor of the Thomson MO 5. This machine was widely used in French schools. It was compatible with the MO 5 and the other members of its family (TO 7, TO 8, TO 9 and TO 9 plus).

It has two versions of BASIC on ROM, one to be compatible with MO5 and BASIC 128 (both made by Microsoft). Almost all memory (101 KB) was accessible with BASIC thanks to a transparent 16 KB bank switching mechanism. An optional 3.5" floppy disk drive (640 KB) was available.

It had a short life because soon after it was launched, the TO 8 came and challenged to it.

The MO5 was also sold in Italy by Olivetti under the name Prodest PC-128