<s>
Hector	B-Device
(	O
or	O
Victor	B-Device
Lambda	I-Device
)	O
are	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
a	O
microcomputers	B-Architecture
produced	O
in	O
France	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
1980s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
computer	O
was	O
sold	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
"	O
Victor	B-Device
Lambda	I-Device
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
1981	O
,	O
"	O
Micronique	O
"	O
,	O
an	O
electronic	O
components	O
company	O
based	O
in	O
southern	O
Paris	O
,	O
acquires	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
the	O
"	O
Victor	B-Device
Lambda	I-Device
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1982	O
,	O
"	O
Victor	B-Device
Lambda	I-Device
Diffusion	O
"	O
,	O
a	O
subsidiary	O
,	O
distributes	O
the	O
"	O
Victor	B-Device
Lambda	I-Device
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1983	O
,	O
the	O
"	O
Victor	O
"	O
is	O
renamed	O
"	O
Hector	B-Device
"	O
,	O
to	O
avoid	O
confusion	O
with	O
the	O
machines	O
from	O
the	O
Californian	O
company	O
"	O
Victor	O
Technologies	O
"	O
(	O
formerly	O
"	O
Sirius	O
Systems	O
Technology	O
"	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
last	O
model	O
introduced	O
was	O
the	O
Hector	B-Device
MX	O
,	O
with	O
production	O
of	O
the	O
series	O
ending	O
in	O
1985	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Victor	B-Device
Lambda	I-Device
was	O
a	O
rebranded	O
Interact	O
Home	O
Computer(also called The Interact Family Computer 2 )	O
microcomputer	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Introduced	O
in	O
1980	O
,	O
it	O
had	O
a	O
chiclet	B-Device
keyboard	I-Device
and	O
built-in	O
cassette	O
recorder	O
for	O
data	O
storage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Hector	B-Device
1	O
was	O
a	O
1983	O
computer	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Victor	B-Device
Lambda	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
sold	O
as	O
Victor	B-Device
Lambda	I-Device
2	O
it	O
was	O
renamed	O
to	O
avoid	O
trademark	O
confusion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
known	O
as	O
Hector	B-Device
16K	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Hector	B-Device
2HR	O
is	O
a	O
1983	O
computer	O
with	O
a	O
Zilog	O
Z80	O
processor	O
,	O
16KB	O
of	O
ROM	O
and	O
48KB	O
of	O
RAM	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
sold	O
as	O
Victor	B-Device
Lambda	I-Device
2HR	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
renamed	O
avoid	O
trademark	O
confusion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
"	O
Disk	O
II	O
"	O
is	O
a	O
dual	O
external	O
-inch	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
drive	I-Device
with	O
a	O
dedicated	O
processor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Hector	B-Device
processor	O
would	O
handle	O
the	O
screen	O
,	O
keyboard	O
and	O
printer	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
floppy	B-Device
drive	I-Device
processor	O
would	O
run	O
CP/M	B-Application
and	O
manage	O
floppy	B-Device
disks	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Communication	O
took	O
place	O
via	O
the	O
bi-directional	O
parallel	B-Device
port	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
makes	O
it	O
possible	O
to	O
distribute	O
several	O
languages	O
,	O
with	O
BASIC	O
80	O
,	O
Pascal	B-Application
MT+	O
,	O
Cobol	B-Application
80	O
,	O
Fortran	B-Application
77	O
,	O
Forth	B-Application
and	O
Assembly	B-Language
being	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Hector	B-Device
2HR+	O
,	O
also	O
released	O
in	O
1983	O
,	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
previous	O
model	O
,	O
but	O
including	O
the	O
BASIC	O
language	O
in	O
ROM	O
(	O
thus	O
freeing	O
up	O
more	O
RAM	B-Architecture
memory	I-Architecture
for	O
user	O
programs	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Hector	B-Device
HRX	O
,	O
also	O
released	O
in	O
1983	O
,	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
previous	O
model	O
,	O
but	O
changes	O
BASIC	O
for	O
a	O
Forth	B-Application
language	I-Application
interpreter	O
in	O
ROM	O
and	O
features	O
a	O
64KB	O
RAM	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
considered	O
as	O
a	O
professional	O
machine	O
,	O
capable	O
of	O
running	O
small	O
business	O
applications	O
like	O
text	B-Device
processors	I-Device
,	O
spreadsheets	B-Application
and	O
databases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Hector	B-Device
MX	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
1985	O
,	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
HRX	O
but	O
offers	O
BASIC	O
,	O
Forth	B-Application
,	O
Logo	B-Device
and	O
Assembly	B-Language
as	O
languages	O
available	O
in	O
ROM	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
software	O
like	O
Wordstar	B-Application
or	O
Multiplan	B-Device
exists	O
for	O
this	O
series	O
of	O
machines	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
many	O
small	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
