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NORMEREL OPlite	Computers	Professional Computer	France	1983	Intel 8088	name image logo company company_name specs tabs photos comments oc_id source OPlite /media/museum/photos/normerel_oplite_system_s1.jpg /media/museum/logos/normerel_oplite_logo_2.gif /companies/normerel NORMEREL label value NAME OPlite label value MANUFACTURER Normerel label value TYPE Professional Computer label value ORIGIN France label value YEAR 1983 label value BUILT IN LANGUAGE None label value KEYBOARD Standard 83-key PC-type with 10 function keys and Numeric keypad label value CPU Intel 8088 label value SPEED 4.77 MHz label value CO-PROCESSOR Motorola 6845 CRT controller label value RAM 256 KB label value VRAM 16 KB label value ROM 10 KB (8 KB BIOS, 2 KB Char. Generator) label value TEXT MODES 40 ot 80 columns x 25 lines label value GRAPHIC MODES CGA - 640 x 200 dots label value COLORS 16 label value SOUND Beeper label value SIZE / WEIGHT 52 (W) x 38 (D) x 26 (H) cm label value I/O PORTS RGB, video composite, SCART, FDD controller, Parallel, Serial,4 expansion slots label value BUILT IN MEDIA 1 or 2 x 5.25'' 360 KB FDD - Optional HDD label value OS MS-DOS label value POWER SUPPLY Built-in switching PSU label value PERIPHERALS 720 KB disk drives, 10 MB hard drive label value PRICE 26 590 F HT (France, may 1985) (approx. 4800 ) photos title subtitle text image LARGE VIEW /media/museum/photos/normerel_oplite_system_s2.jpg title subtitle text image SIDE VIEW /media/museum/photos/normerel_oplite_sideview_s1.jpg title subtitle text image REMOVABLE DISPLAY /media/museum/photos/normerel_oplite_sepdisp_s1.jpg title subtitle text image REAR PANEL /media/museum/photos/normerel_oplite_backpanel_s1.jpg title subtitle text image REAR CONNECTORS From left to right: • RVB connector for a CGA monitor\ • Composite video output\ • SCART connector, allows to connect a standard TV set\ • Floppy disk controller connector, used to manage the internal FDDs\ • Parallel DB25 connector\ • Serial DB25 connector /media/museum/photos/normerel_oplite_rearcon_s1.jpg title subtitle text image INSIDE **(1)** 4 PC-compatible expansion slots\ **(2)** 256 KB RAM (32 x 4164)\ **(3)** Intel 8088 processor\ **(4)** Reset switch. Another reset swith is located next to the expansion slots\ **(5)** 8 KB BIOS ROM chip (2764)\ **(6)** Motorola 6845 CRT controller\ **(7)** 2 KB character generator chip\ **(8)** Dual double-sided, single density 360 KB mitsubishi floppy drives. /media/museum/photos/normerel_oplite_inside_s1.jpg author date text Grosminet750 (France) Wednesday 14th March 2007 In a desperate attempt to find new markets, Normerel started a line of TVs - I remember seeing them at a computer show but never in any shop... 1127 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230129160951/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1127 2023-01-29

Almost ten years after having conceived the Micral, world first commercial microprocessor based computer, André Thi T. Truong, joined the young Normerel Company managed by his old friend Jean René Tissot.

In a short time, he designed the OPlite, first computer Normerel would produce.

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.

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.

Later, Normerel would sell several PC and AT compatible systems. They made a joint-venture with ADDX Systèmes and formed ADDX-Normerel.

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.