TA 1000
The TA 1000 computer was a medium-sized data technology machine from Triumph-Adler . In 1973 Triumph-Adler started series production of the TA 1000. TA sold over 10,000 of these machines, a respectable number at the time.
CPU
CPU board (AAB 01)
The central unit of the small computer TA 1000, with which the breakthrough in the IT business of "medium-sized data technology" was achieved in the early seventies, was bought by TA boss Gerd E. Weers for a few million marks from Otto Müller , the boss of the Computertechnik company Müller (CTM) in Constance. Otto Müller created an arithmetic-logic unit (ALU) from two SN7483AN (4-bit adders), two SN7400N, two SN7486N, four SN7450N and eight SN74H52N modules, and one from four SN7475N and eight SN74100N modules Register set and many other TTL logic modules the necessary control unit , so that an 8-bit CPU with a 16-bit address bus was created on a 28 cm by 30 cm printed circuit board from a total of 109 ICs (including a 4-pin threshold switch) .
Storage
RAM board (AAC 04)
The memory was a double-width board with 4096 bytes of core memory, later SRAM memory. The CPU could address up to 64 KByte with its 16 address lines.
operating system
ROM board (AAE 02)
The operating system (firmware) was modular: logic circuits with sockets for EPROMS were mounted on a firmware board (same size as CPU). Depending on the intended use, the EPROMs type 1701 z. B. plugged for a printer or a tape recorder. The operating system kernel was actually an interpreter for assembly codes and took up 1 KB in the main memory.
Periphery
In the beginning there were IO boards (input, output boards) for
- Keyboard,
- Dot matrix printer,
- Paper tape reader and
- Punch card reader,
then
- Cassette tape drives
Tickets came later for
- 8 inch floppy disk,
- different printers,
- Magnetic stripe booking cards and
- an IO card for connecting an external dial-up modem (this was provided by the post office).
- a display
Later there was shortly before the series was discontinued
- a 14 "hard disk / removable disk with 12 MB
user
- Tax Consultants used the machine and the acquired book their clients on cassette tape to then via dial to the Datev to transfer.
- The Deutsche Bundesbahn bought over 5000 pieces, among other things for their ticket offices .
- Local governments were connected to the AKDB data center .
Web links
- TA 10
- Ultronics service manual TA 1000 and description of some assemblies according to Udo Lechner
Individual evidence
- ↑ In the Old Computer Museum Old Computer Museum ( Memento of the original from February 28, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Zeit online : page-2 The pearl needs a new version February 27, 1981
- ↑ Block diagram of the TA 1000 CPU
- ↑ Circuit diagram TA 1000 CPU
- ↑ 1.9.1974 - Introduction of remote data transmission at DATEV Chronological overview 1966 to 1975 Datev website
- ↑ Eisenbahnfreunde Mittelholstein based in Neumünster eV: The TA1069 data station was built by Triumph-Adler for the "Integrated Transport Control System" ITS for multifunctional use on the Deutsche Bundesbahn
