The Micral N was developed for process control as well. The only difference was that Comstar was purchased by Warmer Swasey and it was integrated to their systems so they never marketed their systems outside of that market.
On Mon, May 27, 2024, 7:48 AM Christian Corti via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On Fri, 24 May 2024, ??? wrote: > > There was a 4004 based computer developed in 1972 that was released > before > > the Micral called the Comstar 4. It's not very well known but it was > > written about in the ACM and the Computer History Museum has a copy of > > their sales manual > > Interesting system. But it seems as it was designed as an industrial and > process control system, not much for individuals as a general purpose > "personal computer". > > Christian >
