Micral
- Date
- 1973 · confidence high
- Place
- Châtenay-Malabry, Île-de-France, France
- Credited to
- François Gernelle
- Field
- Knowledge & symbols
What it is
A French microcomputer built by François Gernelle for the company R2E, judged by a panel at the Boston Computer Museum to be the first commercial personal computer based on a microprocessor.
What it led to
- Retrospective recognition as a PC pioneer
- Boost to French microcomputing in the 1970s
- Influence on later commercial microcomputers