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+title: TRANSAM Tuscan S-100
+categories:
+- Computers
+types:
+- Professional Computer
+origins:
+- United Kingdom
+years:
+- '1980'
+cpus:
+- Z80-A
+params:
+  name: Tuscan S-100
+  company: /companies/transam
+  company_name: TRANSAM
+  specs:
+  - label: NAME
+    value: Tuscan S-100
+  - label: MANUFACTURER
+    value: Transam
+  - label: TYPE
+    value: Professional Computer
+  - label: ORIGIN
+    value: United Kingdom
+  - label: YEAR
+    value: June 1980
+  - label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
+    value: None
+  - label: KEYBOARD
+    value: Full stroke 66 keys - a numeric keypad location was provided
+  - label: CPU
+    value: Z80-A
+  - label: SPEED
+    value: 2 or 4 MHz.
+  - label: CO-PROCESSOR
+    value: None
+  - label: RAM
+    value: 8 KB up to 64 KB
+  - label: ROM
+    value: 8 KB up to 16 KB
+  - label: TEXT MODES
+    value: 64 chars. x 16 lines
+  - label: GRAPHIC MODES
+    value: Depends on the graphic video board used
+  - label: COLORS
+    value: Monochrome
+  - label: I/O PORTS
+    value: Unknown
+  - label: BUILT IN MEDIA
+    value: 1 or 2 x 5'' 190 KB floppy disc drives
+  - label: OS
+    value: CP/M
+  - label: POWER SUPPLY
+    value: Built-in power supply unit
+  - label: PERIPHERALS
+    value: All the range of S-100 boerds
+  - label: PRICE
+    value: |-
+      24 KB RAM, single floppy disc: £1200\
+      60 KB RAM, dual floppy disc: £1700
+  comments:
+  - author: Lyndon (UK)
+    date: Friday 17th December 2004
+    text: |-
+      Hi All, I have a Transam Tuscan S100 with 5.25" drives, a digittalker S100 bus card and 60k memory card. My system does boot from the CP/M 2.2 disk however there is a faulty sector so all I get is CP/M 2.2 boot message and the cursor comes back. Typing anything crashes it. Any one have a working CP/M 2.2 Boot disk for a Tuscan I can have a copy of?\
+      I also have original manual with all circuit diagrams and description of how the hardware works. I will scan this in and make a PDF of it early 2005 and place it on my site for download.
+  - author: John (UK)
+    date: Tuesday 14th December 2004
+    text: |-
+      Hi,
+
+      I have a series of Practical Computing magazines frm July 1980 written by the designer of this machine:
+
+      http://www.vintagecomputers.freeserve.co.uk/mags/praccomp/covers.htm
+
+      One day I will scan them in ;-)
+
+      I also have one of these machines, and would like to hear from other owners, so please e-mail me.
+
+      Thanks,\
+      John
+  oc_id: 809
+  source:
+    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230328121401/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=809
+    date: '2023-03-28'
+---
+
+Transam was based in London and have moved on from their original business as a manufacturer of cheap hobby-type boards to computers design in 1982.
+
+The main unit of the Tuscan computer had a ten-slot S-100 backplane and integral single or dual floppy disk drives. The system came with a CPU board based around the Z80 processor, a video board with composite and UHF TV video outputs, and a memory board holding 8 KB of RAM and 8 KB of Monitor ROM.
+
+Several additional board could expand the system to 64 KB of RAM, 16 KB of ROM (including a 8 KB BASIC), and add interfaces or graphic capabilities as well.
+
+Transam, trough their TCL subsidiary was also well known for implementation of high level languages, especially PASCAL. These and others could be used on this computer.
+
+<table> <tr> <td></td> <td>We need more info about this computer ! If you designed, used, or have more info about this system, please send us pictures or anything you might find useful.</td> <td></td> </tr> </table>