Like many other manufacturers, Triumph-Adler tried to conceive hybrid systems using 8-bit AND 16-bit CPUs, so that 8-bit systems owners could still use their 8-bit sotfware when buying their new systems...
Unfortunately, the Triumph-Adler solution is not very enthusiastic. The P-30 and the P-40 use the same case and keyboard as the P-3 and P-4. In fact they can be considered has P-3 and P-4 systems with an additional 8088 CPU card, for 16-bit enhancement.
The difference between the P-30 and the P-40 is that the P-30 has two 5''1/4 disk-drives (875kb each), and the P-40 has one floppy and one 12Mb hard-disk.
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NAME
Alphatronic P-30 / P-40
MANUFACTURER
Triumph Adler
TYPE
Professional Computer
ORIGIN
Germany
YEAR
? 1984
KEYBOARD
Full-stroke keyboard with separate edit and numeric keypads
CPU
8085 and 8088
SPEED
8085 @ 3 Mhz, 8088 @ 5 Mhz
RAM
64 kb ?
ROM
6 kb
TEXT MODES
80 x 36 ?
GRAPHIC MODES
None
COLORS
No
SOUND
Beeper ?
BUILT IN MEDIA
P-30 : 2 x 5''1/4 disk-drives (875kb each) P-40 : one 5''1/4 floppy and one 12 Mb hard-disk
(France, 84)
