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Transputers are ancient tech… but pretty cool. Unfortunately they were much ahead of their time and were outclassed by other manufacturers coming out with faster, more traditional microprocessors.

Anyway, I have a few of them, as well as a few interface boards that connect them to more typical computers (read as: PC's or workstations).

Transtech TMB04

A Transputer TRAM interface board for the 8bit ISA bus. It has a 32bit T800 class Transputer onboard, 4 additional TRAM module slots as well as 16x 30pin SIMM sockets, hence it can have up to 16MB of RAM allocated to the onboard T800.

The extra slots are not networked in the sense of the Transputer - you have to use the external D-connector with test wires to link them up.

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