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TRANSAM Tuscan S-100

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Professional Computer

United Kingdom

1980

Z80-A

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Tuscan S-100

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TRANSAM

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NAME	Tuscan S-100

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MANUFACTURER	Transam

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TYPE	Professional Computer

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ORIGIN	United Kingdom

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YEAR	June 1980

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BUILT IN LANGUAGE	None

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KEYBOARD	Full stroke 66 keys - a numeric keypad location was provided

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CPU	Z80-A

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SPEED	2 or 4 MHz.

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CO-PROCESSOR	None

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RAM	8 KB up to 64 KB

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ROM	8 KB up to 16 KB

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TEXT MODES	64 chars. x 16 lines

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GRAPHIC MODES	Depends on the graphic video board used

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COLORS	Monochrome

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I/O PORTS	Unknown

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BUILT IN MEDIA	1 or 2 x 5'' 190 KB floppy disc drives

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OS	CP/M

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POWER SUPPLY	Built-in power supply unit

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PERIPHERALS	All the range of S-100 boerds

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PRICE	24 KB RAM, single floppy disc: £1200\ 60 KB RAM, dual floppy disc: £1700

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https://web.archive.org/web/20230328121401/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=809	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.

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.

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