MICRAL N

The MICRAL N was a microcomputer, perhaps the world's first commercially produced one. It was not really a personal computer, as many early microcomputers were, as it was intended for use in embedded systems. It was a product of R2E (Réalisation d'Études Électroniques) in France, in early 1973.

It was built around an Intel 8008 microprocessor.

Further reading

• Michael Nadeau, Collectible Microcomputers (Schiffer Book for Collectors), Schiffer, Atglen, 2002 - MICRAL is listed under 'R2E'

External links

• R2E - documentation at Bitsavers
  • MICRAL User's Manual
  • photos - various MICRAL products
    • MICRAL N
• MICRAL-N microcomputer - from Paul Allen's collection at the LCM, includes several images
• What Was The First PC?
• Oliver Strimpel, The Early Model Personal Computer Contest, in The Computer Museum Report, Volume 17, Fall 1986