1983 LogAbax Hyper 32 : a 32 bits French mini

Here’s the wonderful, full-colour brochure:

http://logabax.free.fr/documents/hyper32/Hyper32.htm

This was a fault-tolerant machine (Stratus license) running MC68000 processors (up to 32), running VOS (Virtual Operating System). A huge beast!

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Just look at that circuit board!

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Here’s a 1985 where we can see the Logabax factory with the appropriate French comments and Synthwave music :slight_smile:

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Ah, l’ordinateur mini d’elégance!
The notion of a virtual operating system (VOS) is also interesting, more like a mini malnframe…

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They had some other computers like IBM compatibles. Very interesting is the LX 4000 series, here a 4200. Used for bookkeeping (printouts with magnetic stripe, in German Magnetkonto). The CPU unit itself is on the upper left with the lower panel. From the brochure


Here is the panel and/or external keyboard

http://logabax.free.fr/documents/lx4000/LX4000.htm

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Nice to see a computer getting out the office.
A 8080? with core memory?

The CPU is not mentioned in the brochure.
If I understand this right it was in 1973 and used a 4004.

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The instructions are listed on the logabax site. I haven’t compared them. There are also photos of the memory cards 8Kx8bits. Some sort of core memory.