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{{Infobox company
|name = Tangerine Computer Systems
|foundation = 1979<br />[[United Kingdom]]
|location = [[United Kingdom]]
| industry       = [[Computing]]<br />[[Electronics]]
| products       = TAN1648 VDU, [[Tangerine Microtan 65]], [[Oric computers|Oric]]
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'''Tangerine Computer Systems'''<ref>The choice of the company's name, [[Tangerine]], was inspired by the success of the-then already famous (in the computer business world) [[Apple Computer]].</ref> was a British [[microcomputer]] company founded in 1979 by Dr. Paul Johnson, Mark Rainer and Nigel Penton Tilbury in [[St Ives, Cambridgeshire|St. Ives]], [[Cambridgeshire]].

The very first product was the successful TAN1648 VDU kit which received much acclaim in the technical press.

The home computer market was beginning to move, albeit slowly, and it was essential to establish a presence. Development and expansion was imperative. It was decided that the latter two partners would relinquish their involvement in order to focus on their consultancy work.

Barry Muncaster became involved operationally and the company moved to new premises in [[Ely, Cambridgeshire|Ely]], [[Cambridgeshire]]. The company was later renamed, and was known as '''Oric Products International'''.