Micral N History of personal computers
the french company r2e formed 2 former engineers of intertechnique company sell intel 8008-based microcomputer design. system developed @ institut national de la recherche agronomique automate hygrometric measurements. system ran @ 500 khz , included 16 kb of memory, , sold 8500 francs, $1300us.
a bus, called pluribus, introduced allowed connection of 14 boards. boards digital i/o, analog i/o, memory, floppy disk available r2e. micral operating system called sysmic, , later renamed prologue.
r2e absorbed groupe bull in 1978. although groupe bull continued production of micral computers, not interested in personal computer market, , micral computers confined highway toll gates (where remained in service until 1992) , similar niche markets.
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