Matra Alice 90

Summary

The Alice 90, released in late 1984, is the last computer in the Alice series from French company Matra. Matra and publisher Hachette jointly built the first Alice as a clone of Tandy’s TRS-80 MC-10, recognisable by its bright red case. The subsequent Alice 32 used its own hardware design, on which the Alice 90 is based.

Compared with the Alice 32, the Alice 90 has a larger case, a full AZERTY keyboard and 32 KB RAM. A Thomson EF9345 chip provides graphics with eight colours and text in 40 or 80 columns. The video cable also accepts a video signal, allowing graphics to be overlaid on a television picture.