> -----Original Message-----
> From: cctalk-bounces_at_classiccmp.org
> [mailto:cctalk-bounces_at_classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Jules Richardson
> Sent: 18 February 2004 17:11
> To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
> Subject: New find: Nascom.. umm 2.5.. a.. ish
>
> Any recommendations out there for good Nascom resources?
How about the Nascom homepage? www.nascom.info.
> 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,
What?! You can't chuck the case out, it's part of the machine and a great
example of how people used to build their own stuff back in those days. Does
it look anything like this one? (the wooden one, not the plastic one)
http://www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk/Museum/Nascom/nascom2/nascom2.php
> whilst the PSU says Nascom 3a - maybe there was a crossover
> point when that practice was common?
The 3a was part of the Lucas Nascom 3 but they're all the same anyway.
> Inside there's just a system board and memory board, and no
> bus slots for anything more - is the bus anything standard
> and were other 3rd party boards typically added to these machines?
Sorta, but not to the extent of say the Microtan 65. I've got full nascom 2
documentation if you want detailed answers to owt.
> place). The clock circuitry looks to be bodged to hell and
> back; there's even a bit of breadboard glued to the inside of
> the case with an IC plugged into it :-) Several stray wires
> are evident amongst the nest of ones which are still attached
> to things, so it'll be a while before I can see if I can get
> it running!
Sounds like a grand old machine :) Also it sounds like another reason why
you can't get rid of the case! Can you do pictures for us? The machine
itself should run on +5V with nothing more than the main board connected to
a telly, 'course it depends on where the maze of wiring ends up doesn't
it.....
> furniture rotting in an abandoned manor house... I'll have to
> go looking for a suitable cabinet, maybe there's something
> there I can use :-)
Nah, ugly can be good :)
Cya
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Adrian/Witchy
Owner & Webmaster, Binary Dinosaurs
www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - possibly the UK's biggest online computer museum
www.snakebiteandblack.co.uk - ex-monthly gothic shenanigans :o(
Received on Wed Feb 18 2004 - 12:21:52 GMT