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title	categories	types	origins	years	cpus	params
TIKI-DATA Tiki-100	Computers	Professional Computer	Norway	1984	Z80	name image company company_name specs tabs forum_thread photos emulators links oc_id source Tiki-100 /media/museum/photos/tiki_100_system_1.jpg /companies/tiki-data TIKI-DATA label value NAME Tiki-100 label value MANUFACTURER Tiki-Data label value TYPE Professional Computer label value ORIGIN Norway label value YEAR April 1984 label value BUILT IN LANGUAGE None label value KEYBOARD Full -stroke QWERTY 92 keys with numeric keypad, arrows and function keys label value CPU Z80 (later 8088) label value SPEED 4 Mhz (Z80), 6 Mhz. (8088) label value RAM 64 KB label value VRAM 16 KB label value ROM 8 KB label value TEXT MODES None label value GRAPHIC MODES 256 x 256, 512 x 256, 1024 x 256 label value COLORS 16, 4 or 2 among 256, depending of the video mode label value SOUND 3-channel/8-octave buildt-in AY-3-8912. Built-in speaker & volume knob label value I/O PORTS 2 x Serial ports, 1 x Parallel, Audio out, Analog and TTL video RGB, composite video, RF modulator label value BUILT IN MEDIA 1 or 2 5'' FDD - 80, 200, 400 or 800 KB - Optional hard disk label value OS TIKO (Z80) and TIKOS (8088) CP/M like. MS-DOS 2.11 label value POWER SUPPLY Built-in linear power supply unit label value PERIPHERALS 3 internal expansion slots label value PRICE 12000 NOK (1984, Norway) photos emulators links 717 title subtitle text image SYSTEME With monochrome monitor Courtesy of **Jorn E.Haugan** /media/museum/photos/tiki_100_system_2.jpg title subtitle text image SYSTEM DIAGRAM Courtesy of **Jorn E.Haugan** /media/museum/photos/tiki_100_diagram_1.jpg title url platform text TIKI-100_emul V1.1 http://djupdal.org/tiki/emulator/ Multiplatform TIKI-100 emulator (Amiga & Windows) title url text Asbjørn Djupdal's TIKI-100 norwegian page http://djupdal.org/tiki/ Norwegian page, with emulator 734 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230329013423/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=734 2023-03-29

The Tiki-100 was a Norwegian educational, professional, homecomputer system that was quite popular in schools.

Acutally they first used the name Kontiki-data, and named the first few models Kontiki-100, but had to change the name to Tiki after the Thor Heyerdahl Society, wich owned the rights to the Kontiki name, threatened with a lawsuit.

Five models were available, featuring one or two 80 KB, 200 KB or 800 KB 5'' floppy disc drives. An optional 20MB Winchester harddrive was also available.

The Tiki-100 could read various disk formats, like Scandis, IBM-PC, Osborne, and ABC-800. The 80 KB format was the same as used in some Xerox-systems.

The operating-system was called TIKO, and was compatible with CP/M 2.2. It was first called KP/M, but was renamed at the same time as the computer changed the name from Kontiki-100 to Tiki-100.

One could also install an optional Intel-8088 processor-board, adding an extra 256 KB ram to the main 64 KB. A 16-bit operating system called TIKOS was used together with the i8088 board, and managed both the i8088 and Z80 at the same time. TIKOS was developed from CP/M-86, and was compatible with it. MS-DOS 2.11 was also available.

The Tiki-100 had 3 (maybe more?) graphics modes, but no text-mode as it used bitmapped graphics only.
A separate network hub was available that allowed up to 8 (not sure) computers to be connected in a star topology. One of the standard Tiki's serial ports was used for the network, in high speed mode. The server was a Tiki-100 that ran MP/M.

Several programs were developed for the Tiki-100. Most common were: BRUM (a simple wordprocessor), Tiki-Kalk (Spreadsheet), Tiki-BAS (Database),WordStar and SuperCalc and a little snake-type game called Pyton.

A simple terminal program was also imbedded in the OS, and made it possible to connect to a BBS through a 300 or 1200 bps modem. A serial terminal could be used to acces the Tiki-100 via one of the serial ports.

Program languages like: C, Fortran, Cobol, BASIC, Pascal was also available.

Thanks to Jon Andre Finnerud and Jorn E.Haugan for information and pictures.