"L'attaché" was the first Bull attempt to produce a portable PC-compatible computer. It was not made in France by Bull, but in Japan.
This computer was mainly sold to french public services, as they were obliged at the time to buy french-made computers. But "L'attaché" was not very successful in the private sector when it was launched, because there were many competing that were technically more advanced and cheaper.
The system hardware was made of two separate modules. A motherboard/display module, and a backup module that could be fitted with one or two 3.5" 720 KB floppy disc drives or a 20 MB hard disk.
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NAME
L'attaché
MANUFACTURER
Bull
TYPE
Portable
ORIGIN
France
BUILT IN LANGUAGE
None
KEYBOARD
Full-stroke 84 keys with function keys and numeric keypad
CPU
Intel 8086
SPEED
4.77 and 9.54 Mhz
CO-PROCESSOR
Optional 8087
RAM
640 KB
ROM
BIOS ROM
TEXT MODES
LCD display. 40/80 characters x 25 lines
GRAPHIC MODES
320/640 x 200 pixels
COLORS
16 grey levels
SOUND
Built-in beeper
SIZE / WEIGHT
33(W) x 33(D) x 8.5(H) cm.
I/O PORTS
Serial port, Telephone and modem lines, Ext. FDD unit, 1 expansion card slot, Parallel, RGB and Composite video
BUILT IN MEDIA
1 x 3.5'' FDD. Optional 20 MB hard disk and second FDD
