Many thanks all those who have emailed me with info, nice things to say about this site and offers of junk! It's really great to get feedback (and junk when I can fit it in!).
On the subject of junk, I'm currently looking for a Nascom 3 and a Gemini Galaxy (or Quantum - but I doubt if any of those still exist at all). If anyone has either of these currently acting as a large doorstop or paperweight I would be glad to give it a more worthy home! Condition is more or less irrelevent.
If you want to contact me, please send your email to
mick-AT-mixtel.co.uk
(change the "-AT-" to the usual @ symbol... I'm trying to reduce spam).
If you would like to provide a link to this site please link only to http://www.nascom.info though, as things are liable to be moved around. Here are a couple of buttons for those who collect such things!
Here are a few very useful links. Don't forget to come back here though!
The Nascom Home Page has an excellent collection of software for the Nascom machines. I think I pointed out somewhere else that I am not willing to archive software on these pages so this will be a useful reference for many of you. There are also a number of useful links there. If you would like to see one of these old machines in action, or can't get around to running a real one of your own, try Constantin's VirtualNascom emulator. Its excellent!
Jesper has done a very nice job of his Nascom Nostalgia page. Lots of information for fellow Nas-Nuts.... Thanks Jesper!
Those of you who remember INMC News will surely remember Doctor Dark and the (in)famous Nascom called Marvin. Well, Chris Blackmore now has an excellent web site with reminiscences of happier computing times! He intends to add more scans of Nascom/Gemini-related user magazines.
Bruce Everiss won't know this, but he has a special relevance to my Nascom memories. I bought my buffer board and two RAM cards from his Microdigital shop in Liverpool many moons ago while I happened to be working in the area. Many of you will remember Bruce for his associations with other computers too (Apple, Commodore, Sinclair etc etc..) so you may like to have a look at the ZX Golden Years site where there is some information and an interview with him.
Binary Dinosaurs is one of the few virtual computer museum sites that has a part-built Nascom 1 machine. Do we try to convince Adrian to keep it that way, or let him build it into a working machine? He also has a K@@L!!! guide to ebay on there...
Probably just as rare as a part-built N1, HCM-The HomeComputer Museum has a nice picture of a Nascom 3 here. Now we know it exists!
Pierre Szwarc tells me that the Nascom made it to France ok, in spite of 819-line SECAM TVs. :-)
If any Nascom or Gemini fans would like a link to their web site, email address, ICQ or whatever publishing, please contact me. I would be happy to oblige. I won't pass on any email addresses unless I have previously been asked, by their owners, to publish them. Web sites are, of course, fair game! :-)