TY - Type of reference TI - History of the R2E-Micral computer: how to make a “microcomputer” exist in the 1970s AU - Loïc Petitgirard AB - The article presents the history of an emblematic microcomputer, the Micral system, invented within the R2E company in the 1970s. It aims to show the interplay between levels of technical culture throughout this very complex innovation process: the omnipresence of technological skills, the importance of thinking about uses and users; and the reflexivity of the actors during the creation process – including echoes to the "small is beautiful" trend in the 1970s. Analysis at these various levels makes it possible to give meaning to the conception of Micral and its successive versions: in the 1970s, in a computer world dominated – in industrial terms and in terms of collective representations – by "mainframe" computers, Micral was invented and promulgated the very concept of the "microcomputer", long before the whirlwind of the IBM PC in the 1980s. DO - 10.21494/ISTE.OP.2020.0480 JF - Technology and Innovation KW - innovation, Technical Culture, microcomputer history, Micral, innovation, culture technique, Histoire de la micro-informatique, Micral, L1 - http://www.openscience.fr/IMG/pdf/iste_techinn20v5n2_1.pdf LA - en PB - ISTE OpenScience DA - 2020/03/20 SN - 2399-8571 TT - Biographie de l’ordinateur R2E-Micral, ou comment faire exister un « micro-ordinateur » dans les années 1970s UR - http://www.openscience.fr/History-of-the-R2E-Micral-computer-how-to-make-a-microcomputer-exist-in-the IS - Issue 2
VL - 5 ER -