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


Contributors: Volker Birk