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  THE TRIUMPH ADLER TA 1000 IS AN ACCOUNTING / OFFICE / MULTI PURPOSE COMPUTER.
IT WAS USED AS COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR SMALL AND MID SIZE COMPANIES AND AS INTELLIGENT DATA ENTRY TERMINAL FOR DATEV (GERMAN ORGANIZATION FOR TAX AGENTS) AND OTHER PURPOSES.
OTTO MÜLLER, WHO HAS FORMERLY DESIGNED THE WANDERER LOGATRONIC (WHICH THEN BECAME THE NIXDORF 820) AND THE NIXDORF 900, ENGINEERED THIS COMPUTER, BEFORE HE STARTED HIS OWN COMPANY CTM (COMPUTER TECHNIK OTTO MÜLLER) IN 1972.

ALTHOUGH THE TA 1000 WAS A BIG SUCCESS FOR TRIUMPH ADLER, NOT SO MANY UNITS SURVIVED. (MANY UNIT WERE NOT SOLD BUT LEASED, AND LATER RETURNED AND SCRAPPED)
I AM LOOKING FOR ANY INFORMATION AND PARTS FOR THE TA 1000!
PLEASE REPORT ALSO ANY KNOWN SURVIVORS TO ME!
 
 
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 | BRAND/ MODEL:              | TRIUMPH ADLER TA 1000                                                                 |
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 | CATEGORY                   | ACCOUNTING / OFFICE COMPUTER, INTELLIGENT TERMINAL                                    |
 | CONSTRUCTION DESIGN        | THRE BOXES: 1.CPU, CASS. DRIVES, ADD. CRT, 2. KYBOARD, PRINTER 3. FLOPPY DISK DRIVES  |
 | PRODUCTION PERIOD          | 197?                                                                                  |
 | WORD SIZE/ BUS WIDTH       | 8 BIT DATA, 16 BIT ADDRESS                                                            |
 | PROCESSOR(S)               | TTL LOGIC                                                                             |
 | MEMORY RAM                 | 8K OR 16K CORE MEMORY                                                                 |
 | MEMORY ROM                 | 1K                                                                                    |
 | INTERNAL STORAGE           | FOUR 8" FLOPPY DISK DRIVES IN EXTERNAL CABINET                                        |
 | INPUT(S)                   | KEYBOARD                                                                              |
 | OUTPUT(S)                  | PRINTER, CRT DISPLAY                                                                  |
 | ADDITIONAL PERIPHERALS     | NONE                                                                                  |
 | INTERFACES                 | UNKNOWN                                                                               |
 | OPERATING SYSTEM           | UNKNOWN                                                                               |
 | MISCELLANEOUS              |                                                                                       |
 | REMARKS                    |                                                                                       |
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 | ORIGINALLY PURCHASED:      | N/A                                                                                   |
 | SERIAL NUMBER              | FABR.NR. 801 KE 229, FABR.NR. 801 SR 193                                              |
 | MADE / ASSEMBLED IN        | WESTERN GERMANY                                                                       |
 | CURRENT CONDITION          | N/A                                                                                   |
 | CURRENT OS                 | N/A                                                                                   |
 | FURTHER SOFTWARE           | N/A                                                                                   |
 | REMARKS                    |                                                                                       |
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  T A   1 0 0 0   C P U   B O A R D S   F R O M   L E F T   T O   R I G H T :  
 
  PL      BG         FN          PS      KA
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   2      AAB 01     BL 174      E       RECHNER (CPU)
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   3                                     RESERVE (N/A)
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   4                                     RESERVE (N/A)
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   5      ???        ???         ?       MONITOR (CRT)
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   6                                     RESERVE (N/A)
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   7      ???        ???         ?       KERNSPEICHER
   8                             6       (CORE MEMORY)
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   9      AAC 04     UG 256      A       KERNSPEICHER
  10                             8       (CORE MEMORY)
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  11                                     RESERVE (N/A)
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  12      AAE 02     BK 285      A       FESTSPEICHER (ROM)
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  13                                     RESERVE (N/A)
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  14                                     RESERVE (N/A)
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  15      AAS 03     WU 140      B       CONTROLLER FDE
  16
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  17      AAG 31     AK 131      G       I/O
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  18                                     NOT USABLE
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  PL = PLATZ (PLACE, POSITION)
  BG = BAUGRUPPE 
  FN = FABRIKATIONSNUMMER
  PS = POSITION
  KA = KASSETTE (CARTRIDGE PURPOSE)
 
 
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 | 2009-04-02 | SOLD ON A EBAY AUCTION FOR 62 EUROS - UNFORTUNATELY NOT TO ME...                                      |
 |            | THE AUCTION INCLUDED THE CPU WITH CRT DISPLAY, THE FLOPPY DISK CABINET WITH 4 DISK DRIVES AND SOME    |
 |            | DISKS, AND AN EXTRA LARGE PRINTER/ KEYBOARD COMBINATION. (AUCTION PICTURES OF COMPLETE SYSTEM)        |
 |            | MANY OF THE THE NICE BLUE METAL COMPONENTS WERE PAINTED BRWON (BLEURK!).                              |
 |            | I WATCHED THIS AUCTION, BUT DID NOT BID, BECAUSE I HADN'T THE PLACE TO STORE THE WHOLE SYSTEM.        |
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 | 2014-08-17 | FIVE YEARS LATER THE BUYER OF THIS COMPUTER OFFERS A SIEMENS COMPUTER SYSTEM ON EBAY, WHICH WAS IN    |
 |            | FACT A SIEMENS 6610 COMPUTER   A N D   PARTS OF THE TA 1000 SYSTEM ABOVE. (WHICH I RECOGNIZED, 'CAUSE |
 |            | I SAVED THE AUCTION DATA AND IMAGES OF THE 2009 AUCTION!). UNFORTUNATELY HE JUST SOLD THE CPU CABINET |
 |            | AND THE DISK DRIVE CABINET WITH DISKS, THE CRT MONITOR AND THE KYEBOARD/ PRINTER I/O UNIT WERE        |
 |            | MISSING...                                                                                            |
 |            | THE FORMER BUYER AKA THE NOW SELLER AND I GOT IN TOUCH AND AFTER KNOWING EACH OTHER A BIT MORE, WE    |
 |            | AGREED TO A DEAL FOR BOTH MACHINES INCLUDING SHIPPING TO BERLIN.                                      |
 |            | EVENTUALLY SOME OF THE MISSING COMPONENTS WILL BE FOUND AGAIN...                                      |
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 | 2014-08-22 | SOME PICTURES OF THE TA 1000 AFTER DELIVERY:                                                          |
 |            | BOTH REMAINING UNITS                                                                                  |
 |            | FLOPPY DRIVES CABINET                                                                                 |
 |            | CPU CABINET WITH INSTALLED MODULES                                                                    |
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 | 2014-08-22 | TOOK SOME PICTURES OF THE CPU BOARDS:                                                                 |
 |            | CPU BOARD                                                                                             |
 |            | CRT DISPLAY BOARD                                                                                     |
 |            | CORE MEMORY 8 KB (?) BOARD 1                                                                          |
 |            | CORE MEMORY 8 KB (?) BOARD 2                                                                          |
 |            | READ ONLY MEMORY BOARD                                                                                |
 |            | FDE CONTROLER BOARD PART 1/2                                                                          |
 |            | I/O BOARD                                                                                             |
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