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---
title: Oric TELESTRAT
categories:
- Computers
types:
- Home Computer
origins:
- France
years:
- '1986'
cpus:
- MOS 6502
params:
name: TELESTRAT
image: /media/museum/photos/oric_telestrat_2.jpg
company: /companies/oric
company_name: Oric
specs:
- label: NAME
value: TELESTRAT
- label: MANUFACTURER
value: Oric
- label: TYPE
value: Home Computer
- label: ORIGIN
value: France
- label: YEAR
value: '1986'
- label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
value: None (Basic on cartridge)
- label: KEYBOARD
value: |-
AZERTY mechanical keyboard\
57 keys
- label: CPU
value: MOS 6502
- label: SPEED
value: 1 Mhz
- label: RAM
value: 64 kb
- label: ROM
value: 48 kb
- label: TEXT MODES
value: 40 x 28
- label: GRAPHIC MODES
value: 240 x 200
- label: COLORS
value: '8'
- label: SOUND
value: AY-3-8912 chipset; 3 channels, 8 octaves
- label: SIZE / WEIGHT
value: 34,8 x 26 x 7,1 cm
- label: I/O PORTS
value: RGB video output (Scart), Parallel / Centronics port, Serial RS232s port, 2 Joystick sockets (Atari standard), Tape-recorder, Disk-drive port, Midi sockets, Expansion port (same as Atmos), Minitel plug (serial 1200/75 bauds)
- label: BUILT IN MEDIA
value: Disk-drive controller built-in, for Microdisc 3'' disk drive
- label: OS
value: Stratsed (Sedoric compatible)
- label: PERIPHERALS
value: Diskdrive, printers, cartridges, ...
- label: PRICE
value: |-
608 (France, september 86)\
907 with color monitor (France, september 86)
tabs:
- photos
- adverts
- hardware
- software
- links
forum_thread: 245
photos:
- title: SIDE VIEW
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/photos/oric_telestrat.jpg
- title: COMPLETE CONFIGURATION
subtitle: ''
text: A Telestrat working and linked to a Minitel (french videotext terminal) and with its Microdisc disk-drive.
image: /media/museum/photos/oric_telestrat_complet.jpg
- title: IN ACTION...
subtitle: ''
text: A Telestrat with 2 catridges plugged-in (Hyper Basic and Telematic) and emulating a videotext display.
image: /media/museum/photos/oric_telestrat_complet2.jpg
adverts:
- title: FRENCH ADVERT.
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/pubs/oric_telestrat_pub1a.jpg
hardware:
- title: MICRODISC
subtitle: 3'' disk-drive (400k)
text: |-
3" Double-sided disk drive with a capacity of 400k\
Could load 20k in 1 seconde, which was quite fast at that time.
The name of the operating system was Stratsed and was somehow compatible with the Sedoric (Atmos OS)
The disk controller was built-in the Telestrat, thus only "slave" disk drives had to be bought (1800fr each in 86).
image: /media/museum/hardware/oric_telestrat_microdisc.jpg
screenshots:
- title: TELEMATIC
subtitle: A videotext page
text: ''
image: /media/museum/software/oric_telestrat_microsys_ss.gif
- title: TELEMATIC WORK
subtitle: A telematic site structure tree
text: ''
image: /media/museum/software/oric_telestrat_arbo_ss.gif
- title: TELEMATIC WORK
subtitle: Transmission of the pages to the server
text: ''
image: /media/museum/software/oric_telestrat_instuc_ss.gif
links:
- title: Pinky
url: http://www.troude.com/Pinky/Index.html-ssi
text: History of server powered by a Telestrat ! With pix (french)
oc_id: 235
source:
url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230528093011/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=235
date: '2023-05-28'
---
The Oric Telestrat is the successor of the [Oric 1](/museum/oric-1/) and [Oric Atmos](/museum/oric-atmos/) with which it is compatible. It was launched some months after Oric was bought by Euréka, a French company in 1985.
It was designed especially for telecommunications, like the [Goupil 2](/museum/smt-goupil-2/), the [Thomson TO-9+](/museum/thomson-to-9-plus/) or the [Exeltel](/museum/exelvision-exeltel/). It was designed to be used with the Minitel (French videotext terminal): it has a special ROM (8 KB) enabling the Telestrat to act as a videotext server.
A 3" floppy disk drive was available (400 KB) which run under StradSED (the Oric operating system, compatible with the old Oric DOS).
Several ROM cartridges were developed for this machine: Midi software (unreleased), Hyper Basic (compiled basic), Telematic Basic (designed for telecommunications), etc...