Tangerine Advert - January 1983
From Your Computer
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 by Microtanic Computer Systems in 1983[1].
Instead, the company switched its focus to the market created by Sinclair's ZX Spectrum, and designed a small, games-oriented machine suitable for use in the home, called the Oric-1.
With funding from British Car Auctions, Tangerine created a separate company - Oric Products International - in order to manufacture and promote the new machine.
The new company was based in St. Ives - the original home of Clive Sinclair's Radionics company, but the transition had not happened yet, as this advert shows the Oric as still very much a Tangerine machine.
See also Oric.
Date created: 28 January 2014
Last updated: 11 November 2025
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