LogAbax was a French computer brand. Founded in 1942, the company was one of France's pioneers in computer manufacturing. The name is composed of two abbreviations: Log from logarithm and Abax from abacus.[1]
| Industry | IT company |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1942 |
| Defunct | 1988 |
| Products | Computers |
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History
editThe company was created in 1942 as “La Société Française des Brevets LogAbax”. In 1947 it employs twenty people and has a factory located at Malakoff. The company obtains a contract from CNRS for the construction of a "Couffignal machine", intended to be the fist French "electronic calculation machine".[2] Between 1948 and 1950 LogAbax studies an electronic meter, related to the electronic calculator development.[3]
In 1968 LogAbax and Bariquand et Marre merge, forming LogAbax SA.
The LX 500, a personal computer based on the Z80 microprocessor and running the CP/M operating system, is presented in 1978.[4][5]
Due to poor results in the late 1970s,[6] LogAbax files for bankruptcy in 1981, with Olivetti becoming the majority shareholder, creating a new entity named Société Nouvelle LogAbax.
The Persona 1600, a PC compatible machine with an Intel 8086 CPU (similar to Olivetti M24) is presented in 1985.[7][8] Other rebranded Olivetti PCs follow (Persona 1800[9] and 1300[10]).
In 1988 Olivetti France and Société Nouvelle LogAbax merge, becoming Olivetti-LogAbax.
Machines
edit- LX 3200 - office computer, calculator, typewriter, printer, 1969[11]
- LX 2200, 2600 - office computer, calculator, typewriter, printer, 1974/75[12]
- LX 4200, 4300, 4400, 4500, 4600 - office computer, 1970s/75[13]
- LX 5000, 5076, 5200 - multi-user 16-bit computer, 64 Kb RAM, 1976/77[14][15]
- LX 2000, 2010, 2500 - 1976
- LX 500, 518, 528 - Z80A, 128Kb RAM, CP/M, 1978[4][5][16]
- LX 3000, 3128, 3500 - multi-user office computer, 1980[17]
- Hyper 32 - fault tolerant redundant computer, 1983[18][19][20]
- Persona 800 - Z80 @ 4 MHz, 64KB RAM, CP/M, 1985[21]
- Persona 1600 (Olivetti M24) - Nanoréseau[22] network machine, 8086 @ 8 MHz, 1985[7][8][23]
- Persona 1800 (Olivetti M28) - 80286 @ 8 MHz, 1986[9][24][25]
- Persona 1300 (Olivetti M19) - 8088 @ 4.77 MHz, 256KB RAM, 1986[10][26]
- 3B modèle 400 (Olivetti CPS/32 Stratos) - 68030, VOS, 1986[27]
See also
edit- Computing for All, a French government plan to introduce computers to the country's pupils
References
edit- ^ "Logabax histoire". www.silicium.org. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
- ^ "COMPAGNIE DES MACHINES BULL". www.feb-patrimoine.com. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
- ^ Pierre Mounier-Kuhn, L'informatique en France, de la seconde guerre mondiale au Plan Calcul. L'émergence d'une science, Paris, PUPS, 2010, « Chapitre 1 ».
- ^ a b "Logabax LX500". silicium.org. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
- ^ a b "Logabax LX-500". www.system-cfg.com. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
- ^ "Les difficultés de Logabax ou le paradoxe du succès". Le Monde.fr (in French). 1980-02-28. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
- ^ a b "Logabax Persona 1600". silicium.org. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
- ^ a b "Logabax Persona 1600". www.system-cfg.com. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
- ^ a b "Logabax Persona 1800". www.system-cfg.com. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
- ^ a b "Logabax Persona 1300". www.system-cfg.com. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
- ^ "LX3200". logabax.free.fr. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
- ^ "LX2200". logabax.free.fr. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
- ^ "LX4000". logabax.free.fr. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
- ^ "Logabax LX5000". www.silicium.org. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
- ^ "LX5000". logabax.free.fr. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
- ^ "LX500". logabax.free.fr. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
- ^ "LX3000". logabax.free.fr. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
- ^ CHAUVIN, Jacques (1986). "La session d'automne du SICOB 1986". La Revue administrative. 39 (233): 497–501. ISSN 0035-0672. JSTOR 40780051.
- ^ Broadband '89. Information Gatekeepers Inc. 2002.
- ^ "Hyper32". logabax.free.fr. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
- ^ "P800". logabax.free.fr. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
- ^ "Le Nanoréseau". sites.google.com. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
- ^ "Logabax - Album photos". logabax.free.fr. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
- ^ "Logabax - Album photos". logabax.free.fr. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
- ^ "Persona 1800". sites.google.com. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
- ^ "Logabax Persona 1300". www.silicium.org. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
- ^ "Olivetti CPS/32 - Paolo LANDI". www.paolo-landi.it. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
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