Orion - Revision history

Kailokyra: Removed the picture - uploading is not working

2020-11-06T10:28:37Z

Removed the picture - uploading is not working

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	[[Image:CTM644 05.jpg\|200px\|thumb\|CTM644 Monitor with ORION cathode ray tube]]		[[Image:CTM644 05.jpg\|200px\|thumb\|CTM644 Monitor with ORION cathode ray tube]]
	~~[[Image:151141_K31-57_ORION_front.jpg\|200px\|thumb\|An Orion Branded CPC]]~~

	[[Orion]] is one the [[LK-selectable Brand Names]] contained in the CPC BIOS, allowing to display the boot message '''Orion 64K Microcomputer''' on power up. Amstrad apparently planned a partnership with a company with that name.		[[Orion]] is one the [[LK-selectable Brand Names]] contained in the CPC BIOS, allowing to display the boot message '''Orion 64K Microcomputer''' on power up. Amstrad apparently planned a partnership with a company with that name.

Kailokyra: Added a picture of the Orion branded CPC

2020-11-06T10:27:16Z

Added a picture of the Orion branded CPC

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	[[Image:CTM644 05.jpg\|200px\|thumb\|CTM644 Monitor with ORION cathode ray tube]]		[[Image:CTM644 05.jpg\|200px\|thumb\|CTM644 Monitor with ORION cathode ray tube]]
			[[Image:151141_K31-57_ORION_front.jpg\|200px\|thumb\|An Orion Branded CPC]]

	[[Orion]] is one the [[LK-selectable Brand Names]] contained in the CPC BIOS, allowing to display the boot message '''Orion 64K Microcomputer''' on power up. Amstrad apparently planned a partnership with a company with that name.		[[Orion]] is one the [[LK-selectable Brand Names]] contained in the CPC BIOS, allowing to display the boot message '''Orion 64K Microcomputer''' on power up. Amstrad apparently planned a partnership with a company with that name.

Kailokyra: An Orion branded CPC has been discovered by a Chinese collector, and displayed on a Chinese forum. The pictures of said CPC have been saved here : https://acpc.me/#ACME/MATERIEL/DISSECTION/[CHI]CHINA/151141_K31-57_ORION

2020-11-06T10:23:33Z

An Orion branded CPC has been discovered by a Chinese collector, and displayed on a Chinese forum. The pictures of said CPC have been saved here : https://acpc.me/#ACME/MATERIEL/DISSECTION/[CHI]CHINA/151141_K31-57_ORION

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	[[Orion]] is one the [[LK-selectable Brand Names]] contained in the CPC BIOS, allowing to display the boot message '''Orion 64K Microcomputer''' on power up. Amstrad apparently planned a partnership with a company with that name.		[[Orion]] is one the [[LK-selectable Brand Names]] contained in the CPC BIOS, allowing to display the boot message '''Orion 64K Microcomputer''' on power up. Amstrad apparently planned a partnership with a company with that name.

	~~As far as~~ known~~, the partnership didn't worked in that direction - there~~ have been ~~no CPCs~~ sold ~~using the Orion brand~~. ~~However,~~ it ~~worked~~ the ~~opposite way around:~~ The [[CTM640/CTM644]] and [[GT64/GT65]] monitors contain cathode ray tubes from Orion.		At least one "Orion" branded CPC is known to have been sold in Shenzhen, China. It is unknown if it was meant for the Chinese market, Asian market, or imported from Hong Kong.

			The [[CTM640/CTM644]] and [[GT64/GT65]] monitors contain cathode ray tubes from Orion.

	'''Orion (Japan)'''		'''Orion (Japan)'''

Dragon: Add Info about manufacture screens, keyboard, printers from spanish boe.

2019-07-19T20:28:03Z

Add Info about manufacture screens, keyboard, printers from spanish boe.

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	[[Category:CPC_related_companies]]		[[Category:CPC_related_companies]]


			Note by dragon:

			Orion was the manufacturer of amstrad computers/monitor/keyboards and printers, not only the cpc range, the pc range to.

			This can be extrated from the spanish boe. (the official boletin of spanish goverment). Back in 80, as was a imported product amstrad need obtain permison of the goverment to import it.

			So searching in the boe we can view:

			1. Pc 12 md, pc 14 Cd, pc 12hrcd, pc 14 hrcd was manufactured by orion electric( taiwan) co. Ltd in miaoli(taiwan),

			2.keyboards pc2086t,pc2286t, pc2386t
			Are made by orion electric (korea) co. Ltd in gumy(south corea).

			3.Airo pc-mm, airo pc cm, keyboard airo 1512,gt-65, ctm-644, keyboard pcw-8512,keyboard pcw-8256, printer pcw 8512
			i,printer pcw 8256 i, are made by orion electric (korea) co. Ltd in Gyeungsangbuk-do(corea).

			4 , PCW-9512T keyboard , made by «Orion elctric, Co. Ltd.». In kumi(south korea).

Ygdrazil at 09:01, 1 September 2014

2014-09-01T09:01:55Z

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	The [[LK-selectable Brand Names#Interview\|Cliff Lawson Interview]] isn't perfectly clear which company they were referring to: It only says "far east", but not how far. Considering that the CPC and GX4000 were manufactured in Korea and Japan, it's quite obvious that "far east" meant east Asia to Amstrad; Hungary is central Europe, and it couldn't even really be called east Europe.		The [[LK-selectable Brand Names#Interview\|Cliff Lawson Interview]] isn't perfectly clear which company they were referring to: It only says "far east", but not how far. Considering that the CPC and GX4000 were manufactured in Korea and Japan, it's quite obvious that "far east" meant east Asia to Amstrad; Hungary is central Europe, and it couldn't even really be called east Europe.

			[[Category:CPC_related_companies]]

Nocash at 12:48, 28 April 2010

2010-04-28T12:48:11Z

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			[[Image:CTM644 05.jpg\|200px\|thumb\|CTM644 Monitor with ORION cathode ray tube]]
	[[Orion]] is one the [[LK-selectable Brand Names]] contained in the CPC BIOS, allowing to display the boot message '''Orion 64K Microcomputer''' on power up. Amstrad apparently planned a partnership with a company with that name.		[[Orion]] is one the [[LK-selectable Brand Names]] contained in the CPC BIOS, allowing to display the boot message '''Orion 64K Microcomputer''' on power up. Amstrad apparently planned a partnership with a company with that name.

	As far as known, the partnership didn't worked in that direction - there have been no CPCs sold using the Orion brand. However, it worked the opposite way around: The [[CTM640/CTM644]] and [[GT64/GT65]] monitors contain cathode ray tubes from Orion.		As far as known, the partnership didn't worked in that direction - there have been no CPCs sold using the Orion brand. However, it worked the opposite way around: The [[CTM640/CTM644]] and [[GT64/GT65]] monitors contain cathode ray tubes from Orion.

	== Orion (Japan) ==		'''Orion (Japan)'''

	'''ORION Electric Co,. Ltd.''' is japanese company, founded 1958 by Shigemasa Otake.		'''ORION Electric Co,. Ltd.''' is japanese company, founded 1958 by Shigemasa Otake.
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	* http://www.orion-electric.co.jp/en/		* http://www.orion-electric.co.jp/en/

	== Orion ISP ~~(Germany/Japan) ==~~		'''Orion and ISP KG'''

	~~ORION wurde 1958 von Shigemasa Otake im japanischen Kobe gegründet. 1975 übernahm die~~ ISP KG ~~Dieter Lather in Dreieich bei Frankfurt den Vertrieb für~~ ORION~~-Produkte in Deutschland~~, ~~Benelux~~, ~~Österreich und der Schweiz~~.		The ISP KG acts eurorean retailer for japanese ORION products (from 1975 until today), mentioned here because the CPC BIOS also includes [[Isp]] as selectable brand name, which may refer to ISP KG.

	~~== Tungsram /~~ Orion (Hungary) ==		'''Orion Electric (Japan) and Orion Electronics (Hungary)'''

	* Info from http://www.audiotools.com/ about '''Tungsram''': This Hungarian company was one of the first producers of light bulbs in the world and ~~remained~~ a ~~large producer~~ of valves and light bulbs until it was broken up in the early 90's and the bits sold off to various western companies, General Electric bought a large part of it in 1990 and so did Shréder a little bit later, both ~~companies operate using~~ the ~~original~~ name. ~~Made radios both under the Tungsram name and using the [[~~Orion~~]] brand~~, ~~continued making radios and hi-fi products at the least into the 70's~~, ~~produced some of the best valves~~ that ~~were made in Europe and should~~ not ~~be confused~~ with ~~some~~ other ~~eastern European products~~.		Confusingly, there are two ORIONs, both using nearly identical logos, and both spanning a nearly identical range of products. For example, both are selling television sets with the ORION brand name. Orion (Hungary), founded in 1913, has confirmed that they are '''not''' related with each other.

	~~== Orion Electronics (Hungary) ==~~		The [[LK-selectable Brand Names#Interview\|Cliff Lawson Interview]] isn't perfectly clear which company they were referring to: It only says "far east", but not how far. Considering that the CPC and GX4000 were manufactured in Korea and Japan, it's quite obvious that "far east" meant east Asia to Amstrad; Hungary is central Europe, and it couldn't even really be called east Europe.

	* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_Electronics - ~~wikipedia about the hungarian orion~~
	* http:~~//www.orionelec.com/orionabout~~.~~htm -~~ the ~~hungarian orion~~'s "~~about us~~" ~~(in english)~~

Nocash at 12:45, 27 April 2010

2010-04-27T12:45:26Z

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	[[Orion]] is one of the LK ~~Links~~-selectable ~~brand names~~ in the CPC BIOS, allowing to display the boot message '''Orion 64K Microcomputer''' on power up. Amstrad apparently planned a partnership with a company with that name.		[[Orion]] is one the [[LK-selectable Brand Names]] contained in the CPC BIOS, allowing to display the boot message '''Orion 64K Microcomputer''' on power up. Amstrad apparently planned a partnership with a company with that name.

	As far as known, the partnership didn't worked in that direction - there have been no CPCs sold using the Orion brand. However, it worked the opposite way around: The [[CTM640/CTM644]] and [[GT64/GT65]] monitors contain cathode ray tubes from Orion.		As far as known, the partnership didn't worked in that direction - there have been no CPCs sold using the Orion brand. However, it worked the opposite way around: The [[CTM640/CTM644]] and [[GT64/GT65]] monitors contain cathode ray tubes from Orion.

Nocash: /* Tungsram / Orion (Hungary) */

2010-04-26T22:01:50Z

Tungsram / Orion (Hungary)

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	== Tungsram / Orion (Hungary) ==		== Tungsram / Orion (Hungary) ==

	* Info from http://www.audiotools.com about '''Tungsram''': This Hungarian company was one of the first producers of light bulbs in the world and remained a large producer of valves and light bulbs until it was broken up in the early 90's and the bits sold off to various western companies, General Electric bought a large part of it in 1990 and so did Shréder a little bit later, both companies operate using the original name. Made radios both under the Tungsram name and using the [[Orion]] brand, continued making radios and hi-fi products at the least into the 70's, produced some of the best valves that were made in Europe and should not be confused with some other eastern European products.		* Info from http://www.audiotools.com/ about '''Tungsram''': This Hungarian company was one of the first producers of light bulbs in the world and remained a large producer of valves and light bulbs until it was broken up in the early 90's and the bits sold off to various western companies, General Electric bought a large part of it in 1990 and so did Shréder a little bit later, both companies operate using the original name. Made radios both under the Tungsram name and using the [[Orion]] brand, continued making radios and hi-fi products at the least into the 70's, produced some of the best valves that were made in Europe and should not be confused with some other eastern European products.

	== Orion Electronics (Hungary) ==		== Orion Electronics (Hungary) ==

Nocash: /* Tungsram / Orion (Hungary) */

2010-04-26T21:59:35Z

Tungsram / Orion (Hungary)

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	== Tungsram / Orion (Hungary) ==		== Tungsram / Orion (Hungary) ==

	'''Tungsram'''. This Hungarian company was one of the first producers of light bulbs in the world and remained a large producer of valves and light bulbs until it was broken up in the early 90's and the bits sold off to various western companies, General Electric bought a large part of it in 1990 and so did Shréder a little bit later, both companies operate using the original name. Made radios both under the Tungsram name and using the [[Orion]] brand, continued making radios and hi-fi products at the least into the 70's, produced some of the best valves that were made in Europe and should not be confused with some other eastern European products.		* Info from http://www.audiotools.com about '''Tungsram''': This Hungarian company was one of the first producers of light bulbs in the world and remained a large producer of valves and light bulbs until it was broken up in the early 90's and the bits sold off to various western companies, General Electric bought a large part of it in 1990 and so did Shréder a little bit later, both companies operate using the original name. Made radios both under the Tungsram name and using the [[Orion]] brand, continued making radios and hi-fi products at the least into the 70's, produced some of the best valves that were made in Europe and should not be confused with some other eastern European products.

			== Orion Electronics (Hungary) ==

			* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_Electronics - wikipedia about the hungarian orion
			* http://www.orionelec.com/orionabout.htm - the hungarian orion's "about us" (in english)

Nocash: /* Orion (Japan) */

2010-04-26T21:31:11Z

Orion (Japan)

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	== Orion (Japan) ==		== Orion (Japan) ==

	...		'''ORION Electric Co,. Ltd.''' is japanese company, founded 1958 by Shigemasa Otake.

			* http://www.orion-electric.co.jp/en/

	== Orion ISP (Germany/Japan) ==		== Orion ISP (Germany/Japan) ==