Reading and saving the Micral N's ROMs
By Sylvain Glaize. Translation by Sébastien Marty. It is on April 5, 2021 that the very important dump session, i.e. the reading and saving of the Micral N's ROMs, took place. These EPROMs are so old and the manufacturing density so low that it is possible to make out the
Analysis of the Micral N's electronic boards
By Philippe Dubois, President. Translation by Sébastien Marty. In this fourth article, we are going to take out the main electronic boards of our Micral N to start referencing them and understanding how they work, then we will dump (copy) its read-only memories (ROMs) in a future article. Our unit
The beginnings of an emulator
By Sylvain Glaize. Let's go back a bit. From our very first discussions on the project, there was the idea of creating a Micral N simulator. The first was to give everyone the chance to manipulate this rare machine virtually. The second is to give everyone the chance to manipulate this rare machine virtually,
Looking for documentation
By Sylvain Glaize. Translation by Sébastien Marty. Research The Micral N restoration project has been launched and given its condition, the goal to restart it seems quite feasible. But how does it work? What is the machine made of? Couldn't we find some documentation? What we know is that the
The MO5 Micral N restoration team
In this, our sixth article, we take a look at the members of the MO5 association who are working to restore our Micral N and get it up and running again! Jean-François Del Nero: Jean-François is our chief technical engineer. Give him anything with a bit of electronics in it, and he'll fix it, put it back together and make it work again.
First look at the Micral N acquired by the MO5 association
By Philippe Dubois, President. Translation by Sébastien Marty. In this second article, we are going to take a first general tour of the machine to check first of all its overall condition and then start to identify the numerous electronic boards that make it up and see what functions they
Reading and saving Micral N ROMs
By Sylvain Glaize. On 5 April 2021, the all-important Micral N ROM dump session will take place. These EPROMs are so old that it's possible to see the storage transistors because the engraving is so rough. Find out more about their technology,
Analysis of the Micral N electronic boards
By Philippe Dubois, Chairman. For this fourth article, we're going to take out the main electronic boards of our Micral N to start referencing them and understanding how they work, and then we're going to dump (copy) its ROMs in a later article. There are
Looking for documentation
By Sylvain Glaize. Research The project to restore Micral N has been launched, and given its condition, the aim of restarting it seems entirely feasible. But how does it work? What is the machine made of? Couldn't we find some documentation? This
Acquisition of the Micral N by the MO5 association
The adventure begins! By Philippe Dubois, President. Translation by Sébastien Marty. Hello and welcome to the first article dedicated to the Micral N adventure and its restoration by the MO5 association! For this first article, here is the story and photos of the acquisition of the Micral N from its
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