New find: Nascom.. umm 2.5.. a.. ish

From: Vintage Computer Festival <vcf_at_siconic.com>
Date: Wed Feb 18 11:50:37 2004

On 18 Feb 2004, Jules Richardson wrote:

> Any recommendations out there for good Nascom resources?

Go to the VCF Link Library:

http://www.vintage.org/links.php

Type "nascom" in the search box and hit Search. Voila!

:)

> I know nothing about these creatures; I went round to pick up a Torch
> floppy drive unit from someone a few days ago and they happened to ask
> if I wanted a Nascom before they threw it out...

Nice!

> It's housed in the biggest, ugliest wooden case ever so that's going to
> have to go! The system board is a Nascom 2, whilst the PSU says Nascom

Whatm and ruin its character? I would leave it intact, if only to serve
as an example of how hobbyists sometimes made the ugliest enclosures for
their computers.

> 3a - maybe there was a crossover point when that practice was common?

Or maybe this was a kludge made up by the previous owner.

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