In the late 1970s and early 1980s, in the wake of the growing interest in personal computers around the world, France aimed to establish its own computer industry and reduce its dependence on foreign technologies. To achieve this, the French government initiated the "Plan Informatique pour Tous" which means “Computing for All”. The French electronics company Thomson was chosen to develop microcomputers to be used in schools for educational purposes.
That was the official intention. The secret wish behind was to create a French success story, the like of Apple in the US or Sinclair in the UK. The goal to achieve was very ambitious and Thomson engineers began working in earnest...
18 июн 2023
