Thomson TO9

Thomson TO9
ManufacturerThomson SA
Release date1985; 39 years ago (1985)
Introductory price9,000 FF
Discontinued1986; 38 years ago (1986)
CPUMotorola 6809E, 1 MHz
Memory128KB RAM
136KB ROM
GraphicsThomson EF9369, 320 x 200
Sound3 channels, 7 octaves
PredecessorThomson TO7/70
SuccessorThomson TO9+

The Thomson TO9 is a home computer introduced by French company Thomson SA in 1985.[1]

It's based on the Thomson TO7/70 with new features.[2] It included a built-in 320 Kb 3.5" floppy drive unit, and inputs for light pen, joystick, and mouse. The ROM included some utilities like: two BASIC versions (BASIC 1.0 and BASIC 128), a word processor (Paragraphe) and a database program (Fiche & Dossiers).[3]

The machine was compatible with the previous TO7 and TO7/70 models.[4]

Introduced in October 1985, the Thomson TO9 was quickly replaced with the Thomson TO9+ that came out in 1986.[5] Ten games were released for the TO9.[6]

  1. ^ "Thomson TO9". Obsolete Tears Nostalgie Vidéoludique. 2018.
  2. ^ Garret, Yann (September 1986). "Thomson présente Sa nouvelle gamme". Science & Vie Micro. No. 31. p. 107.
  3. ^ "THOMSON TO 9". OLD-COMPUTERS.COM: The Museum.
  4. ^ Miné, Antoine. "Thomson TO9 Emulation in MESS". Antoine Miné's Web Site.
  5. ^ "THOMSON TO 9 PLUS". OLD-COMPUTERS.COM: The Museum.
  6. ^ "Thomson TO9 video games (Hardware entity)". Universal Videogame List. Retrieved 2023-01-01.