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New from Tangerine Computer Systems - the Microtan 65

Tangerine had been started in 1978 by Paul Johnson - who after school in Colchester went on to earn a PhD in high-speed analogue-to-digital converters at Bradford University - and a couple of friends...

Microtan 65 - Designed With Expansion in Mind

The basis for the Microtan 65 was a 6502-based single-board computer, which as advertised was sold for the bargain price of £80, which is only about [[80|1981]] in [[now]] money. That's slightly misleading...

Prestel - the biggest breakthrough in communication since the telephone and television

By late 1981, Tangerine - a company founded in 1978 as a video display card manufacturer but which by now was more famous for its Microtan 65 computer - had released the Tantel Prestel adapter, via its...

Step by step with the computer system designed for tomorrow

Tangerine Computer Systems had been founded in 1979 in St. Ives, Cambridgeshire - once the home of Clive Sinclair's Radionics company. Its first product had been the well-received Tan 1638 video-adapter...

Oric-1 - created by Tangerine

Tangerine had been around since 1978, and had previously been selling a 6502-based one-board computer called the Microtan 65. This was abandoned after around 10,000 systems had been sold, but was ressurected...