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title: TRANSAM Tuscan S-100
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categories:
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- Computers
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types:
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- Professional Computer
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origins:
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- United Kingdom
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years:
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- '1980'
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cpus:
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- Z80-A
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params:
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name: Tuscan S-100
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company: /companies/transam
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company_name: TRANSAM
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specs:
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- label: NAME
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value: Tuscan S-100
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- label: MANUFACTURER
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value: Transam
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- label: TYPE
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value: Professional Computer
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- label: ORIGIN
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value: United Kingdom
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- label: YEAR
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value: June 1980
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- label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
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value: None
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- label: KEYBOARD
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value: Full stroke 66 keys - a numeric keypad location was provided
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- label: CPU
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value: Z80-A
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- label: SPEED
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value: 2 or 4 MHz.
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- label: CO-PROCESSOR
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value: None
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- label: RAM
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value: 8 KB up to 64 KB
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- label: ROM
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value: 8 KB up to 16 KB
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- label: TEXT MODES
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value: 64 chars. x 16 lines
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- label: GRAPHIC MODES
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value: Depends on the graphic video board used
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- label: COLORS
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value: Monochrome
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- label: I/O PORTS
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value: Unknown
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- label: BUILT IN MEDIA
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value: 1 or 2 x 5'' 190 KB floppy disc drives
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- label: OS
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value: CP/M
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- label: POWER SUPPLY
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value: Built-in power supply unit
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- label: PERIPHERALS
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value: All the range of S-100 boerds
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- label: PRICE
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value: |-
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24 KB RAM, single floppy disc: £1200\
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60 KB RAM, dual floppy disc: £1700
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comments:
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- author: Lyndon (UK)
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date: Friday 17th December 2004
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text: |-
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Hi All, I have a Transam Tuscan S100 with 5.25" drives, a digittalker S100 bus card and 60k memory card. My system does boot from the CP/M 2.2 disk however there is a faulty sector so all I get is CP/M 2.2 boot message and the cursor comes back. Typing anything crashes it. Any one have a working CP/M 2.2 Boot disk for a Tuscan I can have a copy of?\
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I also have original manual with all circuit diagrams and description of how the hardware works. I will scan this in and make a PDF of it early 2005 and place it on my site for download.
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- author: John (UK)
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date: Tuesday 14th December 2004
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text: |-
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Hi,
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I have a series of Practical Computing magazines frm July 1980 written by the designer of this machine:
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http://www.vintagecomputers.freeserve.co.uk/mags/praccomp/covers.htm
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One day I will scan them in ;-)
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I also have one of these machines, and would like to hear from other owners, so please e-mail me.
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Thanks,\
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John
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oc_id: 809
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source:
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url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230328121401/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=809
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date: '2023-03-28'
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---
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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<table> <tr> <td></td> <td>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.</td> <td></td> </tr> </table>
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