website/content/museum/thomson-to-9-plus.md

---
title: Thomson TO 9 PLUS
categories:
- Computers
types:
- Home Computer
origins:
- France
years:
- '1986'
cpus:
- Motorola 6809 e
params:
  name: TO 9 PLUS
  image: /media/museum/photos/to9p.jpg
  company: /companies/thomson
  company_name: Thomson
  specs:
  - label: NAME
    value: TO 9 PLUS
  - label: MANUFACTURER
    value: Thomson
  - label: TYPE
    value: Home Computer
  - label: ORIGIN
    value: France
  - label: YEAR
    value: '1986'
  - label: CPU
    value: Motorola 6809 e
  - label: SPEED
    value: 1 MHz
  - label: RAM
    value: 512 KB
  - label: ROM
    value: 80 KB
  - label: TEXT MODES
    value: 40 x 24 / 80 x 24
  - label: GRAPHIC MODES
    value: '8 modes : from 160 x 200 to 640 x 200'
  - label: COLORS
    value: from 2 to 16 among 4096
  - label: SOUND
    value: three channels, 7 octaves
  - label: I/O PORTS
    value: Light Pen, Joystick, Mouse, Centronics, Cardridge, Audio, Bus slots (2), Modem
  - label: BUILT IN MEDIA
    value: One 3.5'' disk-drive
  tabs:
  - hardware
  - emulators
  - links
  - videos
  hardware:
  - title: 5.25'' DISK DRIVE
    subtitle: 320 KB model
    text: This 5.25'' disk-drive offers a 320 KB capacity (40 tracks > 16 sectors > 256 bytes) and a built-in controller.
    image: /media/museum/hardware/thomson_to7_diskdrive_2.jpg
  - title: DISK CONTROLLER
    subtitle: CD 90-351
    text: 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.
    image: /media/museum/hardware/thomson_to7_disk-interface.jpg
  - title: JOYSTICK MODULE
    subtitle: ''
    text: Dual Atari compatible joysticks module
    image: /media/museum/hardware/thomson_to9_joymodule_1.jpg
  - title: MUSIC & GAME MODULE
    subtitle: CM 90-112
    text: 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...
    image: /media/museum/hardware/thomson_to7_joy-interface.jpg
  - title: 'MUSIC & GAME MODULE #2'
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/hardware/thomson_mo5_musicetjeu_s1.jpg
  - title: ORDI 94
    subtitle: Joystick Interface
    text: 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.
    image: /media/museum/hardware/thomson_to7_joy-atari.jpg
  - title: PRINTER PR-90 080
    subtitle: ''
    text: 80 columns dot-matrix printer which was a rebadged version of the Seikosha GP-80
    image: /media/museum/hardware/thomson_to7_imp_pr90-080.jpg
  - title: PRINTER PR-90 600
    subtitle: ''
    text: 80-column 9-pin dot matrix printer. A rebadged version of the Seikosha SP-1000 with graphics capabilities
    image: /media/museum/hardware/thomson_to9_imppr90_600_1.jpg
  emulators:
  - title: DCMO5
    url: http://dcmo5.free.fr/
    platform: Windows
    text: Thomson MO5 emulator for PC
  - title: DCMO5 Gamer Edition
    url: HTTP://DCMO5.FREE.FR
    platform: Windows
    text: Easy to use emulator, to run MO5 games without knowing MO5 commands
  - title: DCMO6
    url: http://dcmo6.free.fr/
    platform: Windows
    text: Thomson MO5NR, Thomson MO6 and Olivetti Prodest PC128 emulator for PC
  - title: DCMOTO
    url: http://dcmoto.free.fr/
    platform: Windows
    text: Universal 8-bit Thomson emulator for Windows. Emulates Thomson MO5, MO5E, MO5NR, MO6, T9000, TO7/70, TO8, TO8D, TO9, TO9+ and Olivetti Prodest PC128 !
  - title: DCTO7 and DCTO8
    url: http://dcto7.free.fr/
    platform: Windows
    text: Thomson T9000, TO7/70, TO8, TO8D emulator for Windows
  - title: TODC
    url: http://www.jplang.fr.st/
    platform: Other platform
    text: No, you are not dreaming. This is a TO-7/70 emulator for the Dreamcast game system !
  links:
  - title: AmiTO8
    url: http://membres.lycos.fr/amito8/data/Accueil.html
    text: Amiga / Thomson dedicated site. Some original stuff there!
  - title: Christophe's Lair
    url: http://lair.thomsonistes.org/
    text: Lot of stuff here, a must see site (french)
  - title: Collection Thomson
    url: http://gfournier.free.fr/
    text: Another great site with tons of documentation
  - title: DCMOTO
    url: http://dcmoto.free.fr/
    text: Excellent site !! Home of the DCMOTO emulator. Lot od documentations and software to download. A must see !
  - title: Forum Thomson
    url: http://forumthomson2001.free.fr/forum01.htm
    text: Get in contact with other Thomson fans (in french)
  - title: MOTO, le site Des micros Thomsons
    url: http://www.multimania.com/tonews/
    text: Some info about the Thomson computers (french)
  - title: Nostalgies Thomsonistes
    url: http://nostalgies.thomsonistes.org/
    text: Excellent site dedicated to Thomson computers (french)
  - title: Thomatoes
    url: http://wiki.forler.ch
    text: Thomson Wiki
  - title: www.logicielsmoto.com
    url: http://www.logicielsmoto.com/home.php
    text: Fantastic site! Very big software library and much more!
  videos:
  - title: MO5 french TV commercial
    url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPr7NeqMobc
    text: 'Length: 31 s'
  related:
  - /museum/olivetti-prodest-pc-128
  - /museum/thomson-mo-5
  - /museum/thomson-mo-6
  - /museum/thomson-mo5-e
  - /museum/thomson-mo5-nr
  - /museum/thomson-to-7
  - /museum/thomson-to-7-70
  - /museum/thomson-to-8-to-8d
  - /museum/thomson-to-9
  oc_id: 240
  source:
    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230609145540/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=240
    date: '2023-06-09'
---

The Thomson TO 9 plus is the successor of the [Thomson TO 9](/museum/thomson-to-9/) which had a very short career. Its characteristics are the same than the [Thomson TO 8/TO 8 D](/museum/thomson-to-8-to-8d/). In fact, it was fully compatible with it and by the way with the Thomson MO 6. It was, like the [Oric Telestrat](/museum/oric-telestrat/) designed to be used as a Minitel (french videotext terminal) server and has a built-in V23 modem (1200/75 bauds) which was accessible under Basic. It was sold with a communication software, a word processing (Paragraphe), a data base (Fiches & Dossiers) and a spreadsheet (Multiplan). Contrary to the TO 9, these softwares were'nt on ROM. As the other models of its family, despite the 8 bits processor, almost all the memory (485 KB) was available thanks to a transparent 16 KB bank switching mechanism.