This big computer was a wordprocessor system and had everything built-in: monitor, disk-drives and printer.
The printer, mounted on top of the case, could print 30 characters per second.
The wordprocessor software enabled to define tabulations, paragraphs and left/right margins. All kind of editing functions were available : delete, insert and replace characters, words, lines or paragraphs. Underlining, automatic central adjustment, tables with horizontal and vertical lines were also possible...
Several texts could be easily merged into one file. The system automatically indexed the files in alphabetical order (wow!).
Another feature of the Alpha Plus was its ability to be connected to a database system.
Thanks to Michel Fidder for the pictures.
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This computer may have been marketed by Alcatel, but the manufacturer is
AES Data Ltd. Montreal/Quebec
(France, december 1982)
