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title	categories	types	origins	years	cpus	params
MICRONIQUE HECTOR MX	Computers	Home Computer	France	1985	Zilog Z80 A	name image company company_name specs tabs emulators links related oc_id source HECTOR MX /media/museum/photos/micronique_mx.jpg /companies/micronique MICRONIQUE label value NAME HECTOR MX label value MANUFACTURER Micronique label value TYPE Home Computer label value ORIGIN France label value YEAR 1985 label value END OF PRODUCTION 1985 ? label value BUILT IN LANGUAGE Basic III & Forth label value KEYBOARD AZERTY, Mechanical keyboard, 53 keys label value CPU Zilog Z80 A label value SPEED 5 MHz label value RAM 48 kb label value ROM 64 kb label value TEXT MODES 40 x 22 label value GRAPHIC MODES 112 x 78 with 4 colors\ 243 x 231 with 4 colors label value COLORS 15 (8 colors, 2 brightness) label value SOUND 1 voice, 4 octaves label value SIZE / WEIGHT 47 x 27 x 10 cm label value I/O PORTS 2 joysticks plugs\ Video RGB output (scart / secam)\ Centronics, Rom-pack, Disk-drive on the same port label value BUILT IN MEDIA Tape recorder (1500 bauds) label value POWER SUPPLY Internal power supply label value PERIPHERALS Joysticks\ Robot arm\ Disc2 disk drives emulators links title url platform text DCHector http://dchector.free.fr/ Windows Excellent Interact/Hector emulator ! title url platform text MESS - Interact, Hector1, Victor, 2HR, 2HR+, HRX, MX40, MX80 HTTP://WWW.MESS.ORG/ Multiplatform All machines are emulated since 0.136 and Disc2 until 0.141 by Yo_Fr title url text Hector - l'ordinateur français! http://hectorvictor.free.fr/ French website dedicated to Hector / Victor Lambda computers /museum/micronique-hector-hrx /museum/micronique-victor-hector-1 /museum/micronique-victor-hector-2hr-2hr /museum/micronique-victor-lambda 169 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230324052654/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=169 2023-03-24

The Hector MX is the successor of the Victor / Hector 2HR and Hector HRX.

It has the same characteristics as the 2HR and the HRX. The 2HR uses Basic, the HRX uses Forth, the MX uses both as available programming languages ! Its 64 KB ROM contains BASIC 3X, HRX Forth, a version of Logo and a machine language editor/assembler. Several other languages were available on cartridge as well, but there are not true ROM cartridges. They plug onto the Centronics port, and when the Hector detects it, it transfers its contents into RAM.

This computer was designed to be an educational computer, but it didn't have great market success, Very few of them were actually sold.