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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 /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 null
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Helmut Wiertalla (Deutschland) Friday 14th August 2015 Hallo$ Alphatronic P2 Maschine,\ dazu ev. hilft der Link. http://www.waltroper-aufbruch.de/AlphatronicP2.php mal auf der Seite etwas umsehen. MOS Beschreibung, Treiberbeschreibungen (Floppy,Display)\ und ein Boot-Kochzept ev. anwendbar.\ Eine funktionierende P2 Alphatronic und schreibbare Disketten sollte\ man haben. Mit YMODEM 80 Programm von mir - erstlich entwickelt und\ ein Boot- Kochrezept dort zu finden. Viel Erfolg und Grüße\ Helmut Wiertalla
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Jaume Tuesday 14th April 2015 Hello. I have an Alphatronic P2 and i need technical information and software for it. Do you have this machine yet? If you have it, could you help me, please?\ Obtaining information about these machines is very (impossible) in my country.\ Thank you very much.
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peter marchese (UK) Monday 6th January 2014 I have a twin floppy Triumph Adler in working condition that I purchased in 1980 as the IBM''s started to make them obsolete, I was still using it to a small extent in 1995 for weather satellite orbit prediction.\ My first computer training was on the Siemens R10/30 series which I believe was more or less a clone of the IBM360 with washing machine size 250MB drives.\ When I could get time on the Siemens machine I could write basic programs which I later transferred to the CP/M machine
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Michael Titgemeyer (Germany) Sunday 4th December 2011 P1/P2 where the base for P3/P4 - CPU speed was 3Mhz (Intel 8085 with 6Mhz xtal). It was based on a computer developed by SKS (Steinmetz and Krischke Datentechnik in Karlsruhe, Germany). TA did a redesign of most boards to bring it in production. Floppy disks where double sided, 40tracks. As I was working in the dev. dept. for this computer, I do have some few software information, mostly the MOS and the CP/M Bios
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jomoca (Barcelona (Spain)) Sunday 21st February 2010 Aún guardo algunos viejos catálogos e información de Alphatronic en español.... moya.moya@terra.es
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Colin (UK) Wednesday 26th March 2008 Hi I used to sell these (in East Anglia) - both the P1 and the P2. They were really good business machines at the time. I wonder if any of my old customers have still got them? I'll maybe ring around and see :-)
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Marko (Germany) Monday 26th November 2007 I've got some disks as teledisk images and the original manual in German. If you need some info, mail me.
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Frank (Germany) Monday 19th February 2007 I got an Alphatronic P2 !!\ I'm really glad to I could find one - becaus this computer was the first computer i ever had. What's missing - I didn't get the system disk with it.\ Is there anyone who could help me with a copy of the system disk ? Thanks\ Frank
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Kjeld Rasmussen (danmark) Sunday 13rd August 2006 I have some progam I have make My alphatronic are not working I like to fine one the are working
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Ron (England) Wednesday 4th January 2006 The Alphatronic P2 does use CP/M but but the Base Address is at 4000H not 100H as Standard CP/M this means that programs have to be assembled to that address. The disks are single sided, the drives can be single sided or double sided, which are treated as two separate drives. As I haven't touched my machine for many years I would have to search my records for more information. The machine is so strange that many were just dumped. They were the bane of my life, I passed on all the information to some one in Cambridgeshire many years ago.
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Marco (Italy) Saturday 11th January 2003 Hi anibody has some information about this computer? (Alphatronic P2)\ I have the pc but no documentation or disk !\ It boots normaly and enter in the monitor program but so noting happens, no basic or operating sistem.\ Please someone help me ! I can't find anthing on the web !
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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