The History of R2E and the Micral – The second personal computer

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rbanffy

2 days ago


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agumonkey 2 days ago

Here's an old (and lean) website full of detail about their lineup

http://www.feb-patrimoine.com/projet/

here's another https://r2e-micro-informatique.jimdofree.com/ (with a picture involving woz :)

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 2 days ago

    Thanks! I would have loved to be part of that (and the homebrew scene), but I missed it by about five years.

    • homarp 2 days ago

      We are both most probably living right now what will be in history the "early LLM era" though.

      And on the hardware side, Tiny Tapeout and Risc-V are quite nice too.