<s>
It	O
was	O
a	O
clone	O
of	O
the	O
TRS-80	B-Device
MC-10	I-Device
,	O
produced	O
through	O
a	O
collaboration	O
between	O
Matra	O
and	O
Hachette	O
in	O
France	O
and	O
Tandy	O
Corporation	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Functionally	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
equivalent	O
to	O
the	O
MC-10	B-Device
,	O
with	O
a	O
Péritel	B-Protocol
(	O
SCART	B-Protocol
)	O
connector	O
replacing	O
the	O
RF	O
modulator	O
for	O
video	O
output	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
tried	O
to	O
invade	O
schools	O
by	O
being	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
country	O
's	O
Plan	B-Device
Informatique	I-Device
pour	I-Device
Tous	I-Device
(	O
"	O
Information	O
technology	O
for	O
everyone	O
"	O
)	O
programme	O
,	O
but	O
Thomson	B-Device
won	O
the	O
whole	O
deal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
model	O
had	O
4	O
kB	O
of	O
RAM	B-Architecture
and	O
used	O
a	O
Motorola	B-General_Concept
6847	I-General_Concept
video	O
display	O
generator	O
chip	O
,	O
as	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
Dragon	B-Device
32	I-Device
and	O
Acorn	B-Device
Atom	I-Device
among	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
machine	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
TRS-80	B-Device
MC-10	I-Device
,	O
with	O
the	O
following	O
specifications	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Matra	B-Device
Alice	I-Device
32	O
released	O
in	O
1983	O
shared	O
the	O
case	O
style	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
a	O
different	O
computer	O
inside	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
using	O
the	O
EF9345	B-General_Concept
video	O
chip	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Alice	O
32	O
had	O
8	O
kilobytes	O
of	O
main	O
RAM	B-Architecture
,	O
8	O
kilobytes	O
of	O
dedicated	O
video	O
RAM	B-Architecture
,	O
and	O
16	O
kilobytes	O
ROM	B-Device
(	O
the	O
ROM	B-Device
incorporated	O
an	O
assembler	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Matra	B-Device
Alice	I-Device
90	O
released	O
in	O
late	O
1984	O
was	O
an	O
upgrade	O
to	O
the	O
Alice	O
32	O
,	O
which	O
featured	O
32	O
kilobytes	O
of	O
RAM	B-Architecture
and	O
a	O
full-size	O
case	O
and	O
keyboard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
video	O
cable	O
included	O
video-in	O
,	O
so	O
EF9345	B-General_Concept
graphics	O
could	O
be	O
overlaid	O
onto	O
the	O
input	O
video	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Matra	B-Device
Alice	I-Device
8000	O
released	O
in	O
1985	O
was	O
a	O
more	O
powerful	O
machine	O
with	O
two	O
CPUs	O
,	O
a	O
6803	O
at	O
4	O
,	O
9152Mhz	O
and	O
a	O
Intel	B-Device
8088	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
had	O
64KB	O
of	O
RAM	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
EF9345	B-General_Concept
video	O
chip	O
in	O
the	O
Matra	B-Device
Alice	I-Device
32/90	O
was	O
capable	O
of	O
displaying	O
8	O
colors	O
,	O
128	O
alphanumeric	O
characters	O
,	O
and	O
128	O
semi-graphic	O
characters	O
with	O
a	O
semigraphic	B-Data_Structure
mode	O
and	O
40	O
-	O
and	O
80-column	O
text	O
modes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
32x16	O
semigraphic	B-Data_Structure
mode	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Alice	O
was	O
simulated	O
in	O
software	O
by	O
the	O
Alice	O
32/90	O
system	O
ROM	B-Device
.	O
</s>
