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title: TRIUMPH ADLER Alphatronic PC models P1/P2
categories:
- Computers
types:
- Professional Computer
origins:
- Germany
years:
- '1980'
cpus:
- 8085A
params:
  name: Alphatronic PC models P1/P2
  image: /media/museum/photos/triumph-adler_alphatronic_1.jpg
  company: /companies/triumph-adler
  company_name: TRIUMPH ADLER
  specs:
  - label: NAME
    value: Alphatronic PC models P1/P2
  - label: MANUFACTURER
    value: Triumph Adler
  - label: TYPE
    value: Professional Computer
  - label: ORIGIN
    value: Germany
  - label: YEAR
    value: '1980'
  - label: END OF PRODUCTION
    value: Unknown
  - label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
    value: Basic 80, Fortran and Pascal delivered on disk
  - label: KEYBOARD
    value: Full-stroke keyboard with numeric keypad
  - label: CPU
    value: 8085A
  - label: SPEED
    value: Unknown
  - label: CO-PROCESSOR
    value: Unknown
  - label: RAM
    value: 48 kb, upgradable to 64 kb
  - label: VRAM
    value: Unknown
  - label: ROM
    value: Unknown
  - label: TEXT MODES
    value: 80 x 24
  - label: GRAPHIC MODES
    value: Unknown
  - label: COLORS
    value: Unknown
  - label: SOUND
    value: Unknown
  - label: SIZE / WEIGHT
    value: Unknown
  - label: I/O PORTS
    value: V24/RS232c, IEEE48 port
  - label: BUILT IN MEDIA
    value: 2 x 5''1/4 disk-drives (160 kb each)
  - label: OS
    value: MOS (Micro Operating System)
  - label: POWER SUPPLY
    value: PSU built-in
  - label: PERIPHERALS
    value: Memory expansion (64k), 2 alternative disk-drives (785kb each), Hard-disk (5Mb)
  - label: PRICE
    value: 5008 (France, 1981)
  tabs:
  - photos
  forum_thread: 478
  photos:
  - title: ALPHATRONIC
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/triumph-adler_alphatronic_2.jpg
  oc_id: 484
  source:
    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230330073605/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=484
    date: '2023-03-30'
---

This first Alphatronic computer by the german company Triumph-Adler is targeted for the business and education. The main software applications were for management, billing, wordprocessing (TRENDTEXT), calculation, etc...

The Alphatronic uses the MOS (Micro Operating System) operating system.

There were in fact two models available: P1 and P2. The Alphatronic PC/P1 had one floppy drive, and the PC/P2 had two. The picture beside seems to be a PC/P2.

There was SKS/BASIC on Disc, startable by MOS directly. It was a pure Microsoft BASIC, comparable to GW-BASIC without Graphics.

There was a modified version of CP/M 2.2 for this machine, and for this you could get BASIC 80 and the Siemens Macro ASSEMBLER.

The native double disk-drives (160 KB each) could be replaced by higher capacity ones (785 KB each). A hard-disk (5 MB) was also available, as well as a memory expansion (64 KB).

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**Contributors:** Volker Birk