Artifact Details

Title

Micral Microcomputer Documents

Catalog Number

102693634

Type

Document

Description

Papers, brochures, and patent for the first French microcomputer.

Folder includes:
-“The Micral” by Armand Van Dormael (4 page paper)
-“Initial software developments to run Micral S” by Jean-Marie Ackermann (1 page of typed personal history)
-“The I/O channels hardware developments on Micral” by Jean-Claude Beckmann, May 10, 2005 (1 page of typed personal history)
-2003 press release – “The first microcomputer in history, born of an encounter between agronomics and informatics” (1 page)
-Color photocopy of a Micral brochure, 1974 (4 pages)
-Color photocopy of a Daisy Micral brochure (4 pages)
-“La Naissance du premier micro-ordinateur : Le Micral N” by Francois Gernelle (4 page paper)
-“Communication sur les choix architecturaux et technologiques qui ont preside a la conception du Micral premier micro-ordinateur au monde” by Francois Gernelle (14 page paper)
-Photocopy of a patent issued to Francois Gernelle (22 pages)

Author

Gernelle, Francois

Extent

55 p.

Category

Technical Paper/Notes; Promotional Material

Credit

Gift of Armand Van Dormael

Lot Number

X3236.2006