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SMT Goupil

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SMT Goupil (SMT - "Society of Microcomputing and Telecommunications") was a French IT company created in 1979 by Claude Perdrillat, previously a senior executive in the General Directorate of Telecommunications. The company produced many microcomputers during the 1980s, mainly for French government agencies. This market collapsed at the end of the 1980s with the appearance of drastic budgetary restrictions in the French public sector and competition from more aggressive technological rivals like IBM, Apple and Olivetti.2 It ceased to exist in 1991.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1979Founded1
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SMT Goupil (SMT - "Society of Microcomputing and Telecommunications") was a French IT company created in 1979 by Claude Perdrillat, previously a senior executive in the General Directorate of Telecommunications.2

Products and brands

  • personal computer

Listed on Wikidata.1

The first Goupil G1 and G2 computers offered a promising architecture, with the integration of the Motorola 6808 processor coupled with the FLEX operating system. The machines had a sober and integrated design with particular colors - slate blue and red.

The G3 extended compatibility in order to conquer foreign markets, by offering two processors at a time (selected at start-up by a switch) among three choices: the very common Motorola 6809, Zilog Z80 and Intel 8088. This allowed the Flex 9 and UniFLEX operating systems that came with the machine to run under MS-DOS, CP/M and UCSD Pascal. The dark gray case, designed by designer Roger Tallon, came with an integrated 12-inch monochrome monitor, two floppy disk drives, and a bay for 7 extension cards in Goupil format.

Further machines would seek IBM PC compatibility, as it became a standard regarding government equipment.

Below is a list of SMT Goupil computers by introduction date:

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1979: Goupil G1, basic desktop computer

1981: Goupil G2, desktop computer with multiple configurations similar to those of Micral

1983: Goupil G3, Nanoréseau network machine, similar to Micral

1985: Goupil G4, PC-compatible desktop computer

1986: Goupil G40, desktop server version of the G4

1986: Goupil Club, PC Kaypro 2000 compatible laptop sold under license

1988: Goupil G5, PC-compatible desktop computer, several versions

1988: Goupil Golf, PC-compatible portable computer

1990: Goupil G50, tower server version of the G5

1990: Goupil G100, UNIX server initially designed by SFENA, characterized by input-output co-processors

1991: Goupil G6, PC-compatible desktop computer

1991: Goupil TOP, laptop with 10" backlit LCD screen under MS-DOS 5.0 (and Windows 3.1 installed later), offered in 2 versions: TOP (80286 @ 12.5 MHz) & TOP SX (80386 SX @ 20 MHz), both with 20 MB hard drive

From Wikipedia’s article on SMT Goupil, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

  1. 1991Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1979Founded Founded1

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