Transam Advert - February 1982
From Personal Computer World
The model of good business: Tuscan - the all-British microcomputer
Perhaps the chosen name - Tuscan - in the context of "all British" was meant to be ironic, but anyway this machine, an update of the regular Tuscan which had been launched the year before, maintains its "Commodore PET on steroids" case design, whilst also making a thing of being based on the 1974-vintage S-100 bus, hence the name Tuscan S100.
Maybe there were a lot of manufacturing control systems still using this architecture.
The entry-level price was £2,125, or about £10,100 in 2025 prices. Stick a 5MB Winchester on and it was £3,625 - a cool £17,300 in 2025.
Additional software was also available, including word processing at £315 (£1,510) and a business accounts package at a bargain £800, or £3,830 now.
Date created: 01 July 2012
Last updated: 11 December 2024
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