https://altoma.re/tags/bull/ Recent content in Bull on Altoma.re Hugo en-us Wed, 13 May 2026 00:47:53 +0200 https://altoma.re/docs/micral-p2/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://altoma.re/docs/micral-p2/ <p>For history about work on this machine, see the related blog posts by clicking the tags above.</p> <p>Pictures and ROM dumps are also available in the <a href="https://altoma.re/files/bull/micral_p2/">Downloads</a> category</p> <h2 id="specs">Specs</h2> <p>Specs:</p> <ul> <li>Z80 CPU at 5 MHz</li> <li>64k RAM</li> <li>2 double-density 80 track floppy drives</li> <li>Internal modem</li> <li>Probable teletext terminal cababilities</li> </ul> <p>Ports:</p> <ul> <li>Phone cord with French T-shaped landline plug</li> <li>Peritel (= French SCART) video out, maybe RGB?</li> <li>Composite video out, SMB connector</li> <li>DB25 V24 / serial port</li> <li>Printer port, 36 pin</li> <li>Cassette port, DIN5</li> </ul> <p>There are two 1.6A fuses at the back.</p> https://altoma.re/blog/posts/micral-p2-1/ Wed, 13 May 2026 00:47:53 +0200 https://altoma.re/blog/posts/micral-p2-1/ <p>Earlier this month, I managed to acquire a very rare French luggable computer called the Bull Micral P2. Here it is, next to another obscure computer with a similar origin, an Olympia Boss</p> <p><img src="https://altoma.re/images/micral-p2/p2_and_olympia.jpg" alt="Olympia Boss and Micral P2"></p> <h2 id="what-is-it">What is it</h2> <p>It was made by R2E (Réalisation Etudes Electroniques), which made the Micral N, one of the first 8008-based commercial computers. The company was bought in 1979 by Cii Honeywell Bull, later renamed to just Bull.</p>