---
title: TRIUMPH ADLER Alphatronic P-30 / P-40
categories:
- Computers
types:
- Professional Computer
origins:
- Germany
years:
- '1984'
cpus:
- '8085'
params:
  name: Alphatronic P-30 / P-40
  image: /media/museum/photos/triumph-adler_alphatronic-p30_1.jpg
  company: /companies/triumph-adler
  company_name: TRIUMPH ADLER
  specs:
  - label: NAME
    value: Alphatronic P-30 / P-40
  - label: MANUFACTURER
    value: Triumph Adler
  - label: TYPE
    value: Professional Computer
  - label: ORIGIN
    value: Germany
  - label: YEAR
    value: ? 1984
  - label: KEYBOARD
    value: Full-stroke keyboard with separate edit and numeric keypads
  - label: CPU
    value: 8085 and 8088
  - label: SPEED
    value: 8085 @ 3 Mhz, 8088 @ 5 Mhz
  - label: RAM
    value: 64 kb ?
  - label: ROM
    value: 6 kb
  - label: TEXT MODES
    value: 80 x 36 ?
  - label: GRAPHIC MODES
    value: None
  - label: COLORS
    value: 'No'
  - label: SOUND
    value: Beeper ?
  - label: BUILT IN MEDIA
    value: |-
      P-30 : 2 x 5''1/4 disk-drives (875kb each)\
      P-40 : one 5''1/4 floppy and one 12 Mb hard-disk
  - label: POWER SUPPLY
    value: Built-in PSU
  - label: PRICE
    value: 'P-30 : 5269 (France, 84)'
  forum_thread: 480
  oc_id: 486
  source:
    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230603211713/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=486
    date: '2023-06-03'
---

Like many other manufacturers, Triumph-Adler tried to conceive hybrid systems using 8-bit AND 16-bit CPUs, so that 8-bit systems owners could still use their 8-bit sotfware when buying their new systems...

Unfortunately, the Triumph-Adler solution is not very enthusiastic. The P-30 and the P-40 use the same case and keyboard as the [P-3](/museum/triumph-adler-alphatronic-pc-models-p3-p4/) and [P-4](/museum/triumph-adler-alphatronic-pc-models-p3-p4/). In fact they can be considered has P-3 and P-4 systems with an additional 8088 CPU card, for 16-bit enhancement.

The difference between the P-30 and the P-40 is that the P-30 has two 5''1/4 disk-drives (875kb each), and the P-40 has one floppy and one 12Mb hard-disk.