Hi,
I restorated three Nova 3/12 in the last years, maybe I can also help
here and there. Some of my activities are documented on:
http://74s181.blogspot.de/
http://www.youtube.com/vcnova
Andre
Am 23.07.2012 11:19, schrieb Christian Corti:
Hi everyone,
we have finally received our first Nova. It was installed in a classroom
at a school where they taught some basics of computer science. They
bought it new in 1978 and used it until 1986. All parts still look like
new, no obvious yellowing or worn fronts. The system consists of the
Nova 3/12 and 6050-2 cartridge disk drive in a 19" high-boy cabinet and
two terminals, a Dasher 6042 printing terminal and a Dasher 6052-2 CRT
terminal - both have a very cool design!
Now to my question ;-) The system came with several cartridges
(containing RDOS and BASIC, as far as I can tell), but *no* manuals. I
haven't found any manual for our system components on the net (nothing
on bitsavers, too). Does anyone have scans/images? I would need at least
the Nova 3 printset and diagnostics (e.g. papertape images) in case it
needs repair or maintenance. After all, even if the power supply and CPU
seem to work, I'd like to be sure everything is ok after 26 years. (The
former user, a teacher, didn't even know that you could dismantle the
rack, nor did he ever pull out the CPU or the power cable from the
rack...).
Christian
PS:
Repairing the key switches in the terminal keyboards (disintegrated
foam) is another story...