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title	categories	types	origins	years	cpus	params
WELECT 80.2	Computers	Professional Computer	France	1982	Zilog Z80A	name image company company_name specs tabs photos adverts comments oc_id source 80.2 /media/museum/photos/welect_80-2_1.jpg /companies/welect WELECT label value NAME 80.2 label value MANUFACTURER WELECT label value TYPE Professional Computer label value ORIGIN France label value YEAR 1982 label value KEYBOARD Full-stroke keyboard with function keys and separated numeric keypad label value CPU Zilog Z80A label value SPEED 4 MHz label value RAM 128 KB (up to 256 KB) label value ROM 2 KB label value TEXT MODES 80 x 25 label value GRAPHIC MODES Unknown label value COLORS monochrom label value SOUND Unknown label value I/O PORTS Bus 50B Mistek label value BUILT IN MEDIA Two 8'' disk-drives label value OS CP/M or MP/M label value POWER SUPPLY PSU built-in label value PRICE Multi-Tap model: $7,890\ Prof model: $10,980 photos adverts title subtitle text image KEYBOARD null title subtitle text image WELECT 80-2 BOOT SCREEN Thanks to RomaX ManiaX for this picture null title subtitle text image WELECT IN A MUSEUM This is the Welect 80-2 shown at the Lewarde Mining History Center in France. Picture courtesy of Lewarde Mining History Center null title subtitle text image WELECT 80-2 USED IN METEO CENTER Press article from 1982:\ Pierre Fradin and Jean-Pierre Sigaud in front of the Welect 80 microcomputer nicknamed TRITON. This computer operated under CPM with 8 inch floppy disks. Basic and Pascal languages ​​were used to develop the programs. Vichy was the second station equipped with a microcomputer after Auxerre, in 1981. null title subtitle text image FRENCH ADVERT (DEC. 1982) null title subtitle text image FRENCH ADVERT (FEB. 1983) null title subtitle text image FRENCH ADVERT (APRIL 1984) from Micro-Systèmes magazine (N°41) null title subtitle text image FRENCH ADVERT (SEPTEMBER 1983) from Micro-Systèmes magazine (N°34)\ The advert is for the Welect line of products, but the system pictured is not a W80.2 null author date text BARROO Paul-Marie (FRANCE) Friday 8th November 2019 I used this WELECT with 8p diskettes, when I was in this entreprise H.B.N.P.C. (Houillères du Bassin Nord Pas de Calais) in north of France, in 1983 during 2 or 3 years ago until the first Pc clone arrive …\ using DATASTAR WORDSTAR …\ the first professional computer i used ! author date text Sylvain (France) Wednesday 1st June 2005 Because the "computer of the day" is selected randomly -) author date text George (Fl) Tuesday 31st May 2005 If little is known about the 80.2, then why is it the computer of the day? 256 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230416215948/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=256 2023-04-16

Little information available about this professional computer running CP/M. Help wecome to know more about this system.

It seems that the Welect 80-2 was produced in France at the beginning of the 80s. It's a professional computer running CP/M with two built-in 8'' floppy disk drives. An optional hard disk (5 or 10 mb) could be connected.

Among the few sources that we have found about this computer, we know that some models still used in 1988 ran CP/M 3.1 as their operating system.

The Welect 80-2, one of the few CP/M based french computer, was mainly sold to french administrations and big companies would could afford it as it was quite expensive compared to its foreign competitors.

We know so far that the Welect 80-2 was used by:
- La Rochelle CRTS (fisheries data processing center)
- Vichy Charmeil meteo station
- Douai coal mines administration

The computer was also distributed under the OGIP label.

We need more info about this computer ! If you designed, used, or have more info about this system, please send us pictures or anything you might find useful.