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title: AXEL AX-25
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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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- '1984'
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cpus:
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- Intel 8088
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params:
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name: AX-25
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company: /companies/axel
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company_name: AXEL
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specs:
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- label: NAME
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value: AX-25
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- label: MANUFACTURER
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value: Axel
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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: '1984'
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- label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
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value: M Basic (on disk)
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- label: KEYBOARD
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value: |-
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AZERTY full-stroke keyboard with separated numeric keypad\
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8 programmable function keys on the monitor !
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- label: CPU
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value: Intel 8088
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- label: SPEED
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value: 8 Mhz
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- label: RAM
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value: 128 KB (up to 1 MB)
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- label: ROM
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value: Unknown
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- label: TEXT MODES
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value: 24 x 80
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- label: GRAPHIC MODES
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value: 640 x 288 (optional graphic card)
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- label: COLORS
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value: No (12'' monochrome monitor)
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- label: SIZE / WEIGHT
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value: 42 x 51 38 cm
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- label: I/O PORTS
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value: Parallel/Centronics, RS232c (optional), 5 x 8-bit ISA extension slots
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- label: BUILT IN MEDIA
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value: |-
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AX-25A : 2 x 5''1/4 disk-drives (2,7Mb each)\
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AX-25B : 1 x 5''1/4 disk-drive and 1 hard-drive (10Mb)
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- label: OS
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value: MS DOS (CP/M 86 in option)
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- label: POWER SUPPLY
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value: Built-in PSU / 70w
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- label: PERIPHERALS
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value: Printers, graphic card
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- label: PRICE
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value: |-
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AX-25A : 7012 (France, 1984)\
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AX-25B : 8080 (France, 1984)
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comments:
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- author: i_like_water2001@yahoo.com (hialeah)
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date: Tuesday 10th May 2005
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text: OMG!!!!!11 THIS IS THE COOLEST COMPUTER EVER!!
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oc_id: 82
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source:
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url: https://web.archive.org/web/20221203223559/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=82
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date: '2022-12-03'
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This french computer has some IBM PC compatibility. It can read PC disks with a special software and has ISA expansion slots. But it's not a real PC compatible machine.\
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It is more powerful than its little brother, the [AX-20](/museum/axel-ax-20/). But historicaly, the AX-25 was conceived before the AX-20, though it was marketed later.
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Two models were available : the AX-25A with two 5"1/4 disk drives and the AX-25B with one 5"1/4 disk drive and a hard disk (10 MB).
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The disk capacity is quite impressive for its time: 2,7Mb. The drive uses special 192 TPI disks and was conceived by Drivetec (USA). Technically, there a kind of mix between hard-disks and classic floppy drives.
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The AX-25 is also quite fast with its clock-rate at 8 Mhz.
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The AX-25 is sold with a text editor built-in: AED. It is a pictogram driven software and you could even use a mouse with it, just like with the brand new [Macintosh](/museum/apple-macintosh/) (1984). If you hadn't a mouse, you could use the 8 function keys which were directly mounted on the monitor, at the bottom of the screen !
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MicroSoft Basic, MicroSoft Word, Multiplan and Micropro software (including Wordstar) were available for this machine. The main operating system was MS-DOS but CP/M 86 was also possible as an option. M Basic was sold with the system, but Business Basic, Pascal, Fortran, Cobol and C were also available.
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