# The Micro-Computer Era — From Altair to IA

> From Altair to IA (iPhone/iPad app by Michel Garlandat.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-micro-computer-era/id6766261703 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Michel Garlandat](https://appshunter.io/developer/1092759498)
- Category: Education, Reference
- Price: $0.99
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 5 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-05-07
- Data updated: 2026-08-05
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-micro-computer-era/id6766261703/reviews.md

## What is The Micro?

COMPLETE TIMELINE
Over 27 key milestones across 7 major eras: the precursors (Micral N, Altair 8800, Microsoft), the explosion of 1976-1982 (Apple I and II, Atari 2600, VisiCalc, Commodore 64), IBM and the clone era (IBM PC, MS-DOS, Compaq, Macintosh), software and networks (Windows, PageMaker, World Wide Web, Linux, Mosaic), Internet and multimedia (Windows 95, Google, Napster, dot-com crash), the mobile and cloud era (iPod, iPhone,AWS, iPad), and finally artificial intelligence (deep learning, voice assistants, ChatGPT, Claude).

MACHINE GALLERY
11 landmark machines with Wikipedia photos, date, inventor and detailed profile: Altair 8800, Apple II, Commodore 64, IBM PC 5150, Apple Macintosh 128K, Nintendo NES, NeXT Cube, iPhone (1st generation), Raspberry Pi, Amazon EC2, NVIDIA CUDA GPU.

INTERACTIVE QUIZ
15 randomly shuffled questions to test your knowledge of personal computing history. Real-time score, answer feedback, unlimited restarts.

BILINGUAL FRENCH / ENGLISH
Switch instantly between both languages with a single tap.


## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 1.1 — 2026-05-09

Increased font size when using an iPad
Option to adjust font size in settings

### 1.0 — 2026-05-07

No release notes.

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