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The History of R2E and the Micral – The second personal computer
The second personal computer
Intertechnique specialized in electronics for aviation both on the ground and in the air, but the company’s expertise expanded to include controls and computers for nuclear energy, medicine, and industrial automation. In 1972, Alain Perrier of the Institut national de la recherche agronomique, or INRA, needed a computer to assist in the measurement of evapotranspiration (movement of water from vegetation to the air). Only around 500 units were sold and these were primarily to INRA, Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), Crédit Agricole, and motorway toll companies.
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