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Old 1st Mar 2021, 5:12 pm   #2
kellys_eye
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Default Re: The Transam Triton Personal Computer

My first computer! As a 'young' lad I actually had to get a bank loan to pay for the kit of parts IIRC it was around £300 (256 BYTES of memory) and I had a great time both building it and learning assembly language when I took it away to sea with me (merchant navy) as 'entertainment'.

It would be great to see it up and running. No unusual parts although the character rom might be a sourcing issue if it's dud but there's no real reason why it should go wonky. All the other parts are 74LS logic and my kit had every IC in sockets so replacement should be easy enough if needed.

The article (magazine) is still available at the usual archive site too so no shortage of information.

Please post some pics of the innards!
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