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content/museum/r2e-micral-8020-series.md

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+---
+title: R2E Micral 8020 Series
+categories:
+- Computers
+types:
+- Professional Computer
+origins:
+- France
+years:
+- '1980'
+cpus:
+- Z80A
+params:
+  name: Micral 8020 Series
+  company: /companies/r2e
+  company_name: R2E
+  specs:
+  - label: NAME
+    value: Micral 8020 Series
+  - label: MANUFACTURER
+    value: R2E
+  - label: TYPE
+    value: Professional Computer
+  - label: ORIGIN
+    value: France
+  - label: YEAR
+    value: '1980'
+  - label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
+    value: None
+  - label: KEYBOARD
+    value: Full stroke 81 key with numeric keypad
+  - label: CPU
+    value: Z80A
+  - label: SPEED
+    value: 3 MHz
+  - label: RAM
+    value: 64 KB (up to 256 KB)
+  - label: VRAM
+    value: 2 KB
+  - label: ROM
+    value: 8 KB
+  - label: TEXT MODES
+    value: 80 chars. x 24 lines
+  - label: GRAPHIC MODES
+    value: None
+  - label: COLORS
+    value: Unknown, Monochrome/green phosphore with Bull Monitor
+  - label: SOUND
+    value: Beeper into the monitor
+  - label: I/O PORTS
+    value: Serial, Parallel, Communication, RGB, Network
+  - label: BUILT IN MEDIA
+    value: 2 x 5.25'' single side 160 KB floppy disc drives
+  - label: OS
+    value: CP/M, Prologue
+  - label: POWER SUPPLY
+    value: Built-in switching power supply unit
+  - label: PERIPHERALS
+    value: RAM and Serial cards, external twin-moveable-HD drive unit
+  - label: PRICE
+    value: Unknown
+  tabs:
+  - photos
+  - adverts
+  photos:
+  - title: SYSTEM
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: ''
+    image: null
+  - title: TOP WIEW
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: ''
+    image: null
+  - title: LEFT SIDE
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: ''
+    image: null
+  - title: KEYBOARD
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: |-
+      Keyboard layout was designed for company keyboarding.\
+      Numeric keypad included '0', '00', and '000' keys. It will be replaced with an arrow keypad in the Bull version.
+    image: null
+  - title: DISPLAY STAND
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: This futuristic plastic stand was more a publicity object than an useful accessory, as it couldn't be inserted below the main unit.
+    image: null
+  - title: INSIDE
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: |-
+      The motherboard is quite the same as Bull 80/20 series.\
+      Notice the switching power supply **(1)** while the Bull one uses a transformer, and the metallic support **(2)** for expansion cards.
+    image: null
+  - title: EXPANSION CARD
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: optional second serial port card.
+    image: null
+  - title: BACK SIDE
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: |-
+      **(1)** Bull monochrome monitor DB15 connector\
+      **(2)** Serial DB25 connector\
+      **(3)** Parallel printer DB25 connector\
+      **(4)** Switching power supply unit\
+      **(5)** Second serial port\
+      **(6)** RGB DB9 connector\
+      **(7)** Network connector
+    image: null
+  - title: MICRAL 8021
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: |-
+      Micral 8021 used in the Institut Supérieur Agricole de Beaucais (ISAB) in 1982.
+
+      Along with an Apple II, a Sanco 7102 and an Alcyane A6, it was used to do research and experiment what farming could be in the future.
+
+      Source: Magazine Micro Ordinateurs N°03, juin 1982
+    image: null
+  - title: R2E MICRAL PLANT IN 1982
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: '... situated in Orsay (France)'
+    image: null
+  adverts:
+  - title: FRENCH ADVERT (OCT. 1980)
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: ''
+    image: null
+  - title: FRENCH ADVERT (JUNE 1982)
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: Self confident advert where R2E self proclaims itself the first European micro-computers company.
+    image: null
+  comments:
+  - author: FRANCOIS ERIC (France)
+    date: Wednesday 3rd August 2016
+    text: |-
+      Hello,
+
+      I have an Bull Micral R2E I have picture of this computer if you like I send you pictures
+
+      Sincerely
+  oc_id: 869
+  source:
+    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230330081313/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=869
+    date: '2023-03-30'
+---
+
+This computer was basically the same as the [Bull 80/22](/museum/bull-micral-80-22/). However, the machine seems to have been designed by the team of R2E after the company was bought by Bull in 1978.
+
+It was first designed as an opened business system intended to be integrated into company networks. However, some time later, Bull got a significant part of the French educational market, so the R2E system was adapted to meet the Department of Education requirements and became the Bull 80/22.
+
+<table> <tr> <td></td> <td>We need more info about this computer ! If you designed, used, or have more info about this system, please send us pictures or anything you might find useful.</td> <td></td> </tr> </table>