Hector (microcomputer)

Hector (or Victor Lambda) are a series of a <a href="/facts/Microcomputer/ETW22UTv">microcomputers</a> produced in <a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3">France</a> in the early 1980s.
In January 1980, Michel Henric-Coll founded a company named Lambda Systems in <a href="/facts/Toulouse/VLBjLxD8">Toulouse</a>, that would import a computer (produced by Interact Electronics Inc of <a href="/facts/Ann_Arbor%2c_Michigan/hs3CBRJy">Ann Arbor, Michigan</a>) to France. The computer was sold under the name of Victor Lambda.
Lambda Systems went bankrupt in July 1981, along with Interact. In December 1981, Micronique, an electronic components company based in southern <a href="/facts/Paris/DrNHpwnA">Paris</a>, acquires the rights to the Victor Lambda.
In 1982, Victor Lambda Diffusion, a subsidiary, distributes the Victor Lambda. The first machines built in the United States were not a success, and the following models were designed and produced in France at the headquarters of the Micronique company. The company uses the slogan: "The French Personal Computer".
In 1983, the Victor is renamed Hector, to avoid confusion with the machines from the Californian company Victor Technologies (formerly <a href="/facts/Sirius_Systems_Technology/zTBLnFTX">Sirius Systems Technology</a>).
The last model introduced was the Hector MX, with production of the series ending in 1985. The series was not successful, due to the focus on the French market, intense competition from <a href="/facts/Amstrad/rXhrLd2U">Amstrad</a> machines and high prices.

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