Nascom 1 & 2
Allard's Computer Museum Groningen

Nascom 1 and Nascom 2



INTO THE PICTURE



The Nascom 1 the first British microkit




Nascom 1



Specs:


Introduced: 1978/9
Country: Great Britanie
CPU: Z80
Speed: 1 or 2 MHz Z80
Ram: 2 kB (about 850 bytes for user)
Rom: ROM 1 kB (2kB with extended monitor)
Interfaces: RS232, RF out, TTY, PIO lines
Storage: Cassette 300baud
Case style: Single board Computer (uncased)
Languages: Z80 machine code + monitor




Pictures of the Nascom 1:

A Nascom 2 case with keyboard came with it
The motherboard
The motherboard back
Here the memoryboard
The bufferboard




The Nascom 2:



The Nascom 2, now I can use use the original keyboard 2 wich came with the Nascom 1





Specs:


Year 1979/80
CPU 2 or 4 MHz Z80A
Register size 8 bits
Installed RAM 10 kB (nearly 9k for user)
Maximum RAM 32 kB (and/or ROM in selectable sockets on board)
Installed ROM 10 kB (including BASIC)
Interfaces RS232, Video out, RF out, TTY, PIO lines
Storage Cassette 300/1200 baud Kansas city
Case style Single board Computer (uncased)
Languages Z80 machine code + monitor and 8k Microsoft BASIC in ROM





Allard's Computer Linklist

The Nascom homepage

W. Vaart: Nascom 1 hobby




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