[HN Gopher] The History of R2E and the Micral - The second perso...
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       The History of R2E and the Micral - The second personal computer
        
       Author : rbanffy
       Score  : 9 points
       Date   : 2025-06-04 18:15 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
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       | SirFatty wrote:
       | A bit more about the Micral N here:
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       | https://technicshistory.com/2025/02/22/from-acs-to-altair-th...
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       | See: Appendix: Micral N, The First Useful Microcomputer
        
       | agumonkey wrote:
       | Here's an old (and lean) website full of detail about their
       | lineup
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       | http://www.feb-patrimoine.com/projet/
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       | here's another https://r2e-micro-informatique.jimdofree.com/
       | (with a picture involving woz :)
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       | I'm not sure my memory is correct, but some of the designers went
       | to work in the US in the 60s, when communication and data
       | processing started to blend. The interactions between US and
       | European mindsets was interesting.
        
         | SirFatty wrote:
         | Thanks! I would have loved to be part of that (and the homebrew
         | scene), but I missed it by about five years.
        
           | agumonkey wrote:
           | Damn, so close yet so far.
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           | ps: slightly related, but the Bull brand is still alive, Bull
           | SA makes supercomputers
           | https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/TERA-1000
        
           | homarp wrote:
           | We are both most probably living right now what will be in
           | history the "early LLM era" though.
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           | And on the hardware side, Tiny Tapeout and Risc-V are quite
           | nice too.
        
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