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[[Image:General_Turtle_3500.jpg|thumb|right|The Societe Tortue General word processor. A close examination of the display reveals it's running a French language version of Logo.]]
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[[Image:General_Turtle_3500.jpg|thumb|right|The Société Générale Tortue word processor on a [[Concept-100]] terminal. A close examination of the display reveals it's running a French language version of Logo.]]
  
'''General Turtle''' was a company spun off from the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]] [[Logo]] group, the first to make floor turtles.  It later made [[Turtle Terminal 2500]] and the '''3500'''.  It moved to Canada, under the name Societe Tortue General, where the 3500 was commercialized as a [[word processor]].
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'''General Turtle''' was a company spun off from the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]] [[Logo]] group, first to make floor turtles.  It later made [[Turtle Terminal 2500]] and the '''3500''', which was a small computer based on an [[LSI-11]].  It moved to Canada, under the name Société Générale Tortue, where the 3500 was commercialized as a [[word processor]].
  
 
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Latest revision as of 07:44, 8 September 2023

The Société Générale Tortue word processor on a Concept-100 terminal. A close examination of the display reveals it's running a French language version of Logo.

General Turtle was a company spun off from the MIT Logo group, first to make floor turtles. It later made Turtle Terminal 2500 and the 3500, which was a small computer based on an LSI-11. It moved to Canada, under the name Société Générale Tortue, where the 3500 was commercialized as a word processor.