Transam Advert - September 1979
From Personal Computer World
Transam: The Exciting New Triton Personal Computer
The Transam Triton was a British-built Intel 8080A-based kit computer[1] that was first released in December 1978.
Somewhat uniquely, it offered different levels of firmware with alternate ROM-based BASICs at its various price points.
The entry-level kit, which retailed at £286 + 15% VAT (£2,360 in 2025 money) offered a 2K Tiny BASIC, whilst for only an extra £8 (£57 in 2025) - and for an increase of only 3% who wouldn't? - you could get a 2.5K Tiny BASIC.
Finally, for £459 (£3,290 in 2025) the kit came with a 7.5K "Scientific" BASIC plus an additional off-board 56K memory, bringing the total up to 64Kb - the maximum an 8-bit processor can address.
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Transam was also a re-seller and at the end of 1979 the company announced that it had acquired a dealership for Ithaca's single-board computers and other products. That apparently made it one of the few London sources of cheap S-100 components.
In addition, the company also offered Commodore PET, Tandy and Apple memory upgrades[2].
Date created: 02 July 2013
Last updated: 11 December 2024
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