Working NASCOM Microcomputers in the UK: August 2013

Wednesday, 21 August 2013

Nascom-1 "Myra" still working

TheRegister has now (August 2013) featured a comprehensive article about the role of Chris Shelton as a UK microcomputer pioneer.

The article features a picture of my Nascom-1. The unit has been carefully preserved in pristine order over three and a half decades. "Myra" was built in 1977.

Z80

"The Z80 was an improved implementation of the Intel 8080 architecture, which was faster, more capable, and much cheaper; alongside the 6502 it was one of the most popular 8-bit processors for general purpose microcomputers and other applications. It was used in the Nintendo Game Boy, the Sinclair ZX80, ZX81, ZX Spectrum and the Amstrad CPC home computers as well as the MSX architecture and the Tandy TRS-80 series—among many others. More so than simply sparking improvements in the budding field of home computing and gaming, the Z-80 also sparked a revolution in electronic music, as the first truly programmable polyphonic synthesizers (as well as their peripherals) relied heavily on implementations of this CPU." --- Wikipedia

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Wednesday, 21 August 2013

UK micro pioneer Chris Shelton: The mind behind the Nascom-1