18 Feb
2004
18 Feb
'04
8:37 a.m.
On Wed, 2004-02-18 at 18:21, Witchy wrote:
Just curious as to whether they ever sold the ns 2 boards with a 3a PSU,
or whether that was a bodge by the person who built it (or even a later
change)
Yep, just bought a new camera the other day so I should be able to sort
some pics out of stuff. I'm gonna have to find somewhere to host them
too!
Well I'm the first one to never throw anything out, particularly if it's
anything classic (whether a computer or not). I'm wondering if the
current case will come to bits so I can flat-store it. I think it's all
screwed rather than nailed so unless it's been glued it should.
That way I can build something smaller and of better quality to house
the boards, but someone can always take it back to how it was originally
built if they wanted.
cheers
Jules
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
heh, it's around twice that size. You could almost live in the damn
thing :o)
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. 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.
Ooh, ta. Will probs be useful when I come to try and get it into an
operational state.
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.....
aha, that's good to know though. At least I can eliminate the need to
have the extra memory board plugged in then. I'm currently drowning in
classic computer stuff that needs doing though (on top of everything
else!) so getting the Nascom running is way down the pile!
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 :)