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T A Y L O R I X S Y S T E M 8 |
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THE TAYLORIX SYSTEM 8 IS A SMALL 16-BIT MULTI-USER COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR UP TO 16 TERMINALS.
THE TAYLORIX SYSTEM 8 COMPUTERS WERE RE-LABLED TRIUMPH ADLER (TA) TA 1600 SERIES COMPUTERS OR DIEHL DATENSYSTEME (DDS) DDS 2 (CS) / DDS 3 (CS) COMPUTERS.
THE HEART OF THESE MACHINES IS A TEXAS INSTRUMENTS TI-990 SERIES COMPUTER, WHICH INCLUDES THE TI TMS-9900 PROCESSOR, BUT THE THE PERIPHERIAL INTERFACES WERE BUILT BY TA.
BECAUSE TRIUMPH ADLER (TA) ALREADY HAD BOUGHT DIEHL DATENSYSTEM (DDS), THAT HAD BOUGHT COMPUTER TECHNIK MÜLLER (CTM), THE HOUSINGS OF THE SYSTEM 8 COMPUTERS WERE SLIGHTLY MODIFIED CASES OF THE CTM 70 COMPUTER SERIES DESIGNED BY HARTMUT ESSLINGER. (SEE ALSO HERE)
I AM LOOKING FOR ANY INFORMATION AND PARTS FOR THE TAYLORIX SYSTEM 8 AS WELL AS THE TA 1600.
PLEASE REPORT ALSO ANY KNOWN SURVIVORS TO ME.
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| BRAND / MODEL: | TAYLORIX SYSTEM 8 |
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| PRODUCTION PERIOD | 1980 - 1987 (?) |
| CATEGORY | SMALL MULTI USER COMPUTER SYSTEM |
| CONSTRUCTION DESIGN | DESKTOP STYLE COMPUTER WITH BUILT-IN CRT DISPLAY AND SEPARATE KEYBOARD |
| ARCHITECTURE | VON NEUMANN, PARALLEL, ALPHANUMERIC |
| WORD SIZE / BUS WIDTH | 16-BIT |
| PROCESSOR(S) | TI TMS-9900 |
| MEMORY RAM | 256 - 384 KB |
| MEMORY ROM | UNKNOWN |
| INTERNAL STORAGE | NONE |
| INPUT DEVICES | KEYBOARD |
| OUTPUT DEVICES | CRT DISPLAY |
| ADDITIONAL PERIPHERALS | FLOPPY DISK DRIVES, HARD DISK DRIVES, PRINTERS |
| INTERFACES | UNKNOWN |
| OPERATING SYSTEMS | UNKNOWN |
| MISCELLANEOUS | REMOTE DATA TRANSMISSION/ WAN |
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| CONFIGURATIONS | THREE DIFFERENT CONFIGURATIONS OF THE TAYLORIX SYSTEM 8 WERE AVAILABLE: |
| | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
| | SYSTEM 8/D: WITH TWO 8" FLOPPY DISK DRIVES |
| | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
| | SYSTEM 8/W: WITH ONE 8" FLOPPY DISK DRIVE AND ONE 10MB WINCHESTER HARD DISK |
| | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
| | SYSTEM 8/P: WITH ONE 2 X 25MB REMOVABLE HARD DISK DRIVE |
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| | ALL TAYLORIX SYSTEM 8 SYSTEM CORRELATE TO TRIUMPH ADLER TA 1600 SERIES COMPUTERS |
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| PICTURES/ DOCUMENTS | TAYLORIX SYSTEM 8 CENTRAL UNIT |
| | TAYLORIX SYSTEM 8 TERMINAL |
| | TAYLORIX SYSTEM 8/D |
| | TAYLORIX SYSTEM 8/W |
| | TAYLORIX SYSTEM 8/P |
| | (ALL PICTURES TAKEN FROM 1984 TAYLORIX AD) |
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L I N K S |
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TRIUMPH ADLER TA 1600 AT OLD-COMPUTERS.COM |
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BACK TO TAYLORIX |
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BACK TO MY TAYLORIX MACHINES |
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BACK TO OTHER INTERESTING TAYLORIX UNITS |
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BACK TO VINTAGE COMPUTER |
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LAST UPDATED: 2016-04-18 SIEBERT INTERNET DESIGN |
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