Sorry folks !

Due to the insane amount of spam from money hungry teenagers (at least mentally), further additions to the guestbook has been cancelled.

Also, all email addresses has been removed to prevent the spamming idiots from harvesting them.

Amazing how some people will go to no end to spoil other peoples work.

The nascom 2 was my first computer, and building it and understanding the workings set me up withy a career in IT for life.
Neil Ryall
Shipley, England - Saturday, July 26, 2003 at 20:34:09 (CEST)
Dear Sir/Madam, I am a science student & plan to take up engineering. I would like to ask u that for software development in the future should i take up electronic engineering or computer engineering. please reply.
Ankit Shah
mumbai, maharashtra India - Tuesday, June 10, 2003 at 14:54:33 (CEST)
can't you make this site in Dutch
Jeroen Thys
heesch, Netherlands - Wednesday, February 26, 2003 at 04:20:24 (EST)
I love your nascom nostalgia, it is GREAT! I bought the famed nascom 1 when it first came out, but quickly upgraded to the nascom II wow! Nice to see that someone still remembers, - The Beginning! - Best Regards Tonny Bredsgaard
Tonny Bredsgaard
Juelsminde, Denmark - Tuesday, February 11, 2003 at 10:15:26 (EST)
Hello, Freak!
Dude
New York, NJ USA - Friday, November 15, 2002 at 08:17:51 (EST)
I remember my brother (see guestbook entry by Peter van Es) connecting his nascom 2 for the first time, resulting in a pile of smoke!
Nowadays kids play games on the playsation, I remember trying to correctly type in a 10+ page hex listing in order to play space invaders! Does bring back great memories.
My brother had kindly given me the machine during my student days. I enjoyed programming it a lot, if only those tape drives... what an annoyance.
I have recently returned his creation when the machine had already past a respectable age of 20 years. I hope he keeps it for nostalgia (and not sell it like he says!!!)
Evert van Es
Voorburg, Netherlands - Wednesday, November 13, 2002 at 17:25:18 (EST)
I built an original N1, but sadly binned it years ago. Current nostalgia has compelled me to build up a little collection of an N1, N2, and 2*N3 (actually N2s inside of course) and loads of manuals and bits. Perhaps someone could tell me something about the "NASCOM TESTER MK III ISSUE 2 board" that I seem to have acquired?
Steve
UK - Wednesday, October 30, 2002 at 17:29:22 (EST)
Nice Site!!
Nice Site!!
Devonport, Tas Australia - Saturday, October 26, 2002 at 22:32:05 (EDT)
Still got my Nascom, original documentation etc but haven't looked at it for 18 years. It did sterling work as a word processor with Nas-Pen.
Charles B. Frater
LONDON, UK - Wednesday, October 09, 2002 at 18:15:10 (EDT)
More Nascom programs, games and manuals on The Nascom Homepage, http://www.nascomhomepage.com.
Constantin Olbrich
Germany - Wednesday, September 25, 2002 at 11:38:36 (EDT)
All this modern Nascom 2 stuff .One day I'll get my Nascom 1 up and running.Good luck,Clive.
Clive Waller
Banbury, UK - Sunday, March 10, 2002 at 11:41:27 (EST)
Det var tider - jeg føler med dinosaurene
Sven E. Lindschouw
Hillerød, DK - Monday, February 18, 2002 at 07:29:57 (EST)
Amazing... trip through memory lane. I built my Nascom II in the 80's and also paid a fortune for it. And I also vividly remember the fear and excitement of connecting it to the powersupply for the first time... a shot memory chip was expensive indeed. In fact, when I built the 16K RAM board, I put in the tiny capacitors the wrong way round and zapped them. Black, acrid smoke was coming out of the machine. I didn't know how quick to switch off the machine, and I was near to a total breakdown. Luckily for me the capacitors just needed replacing and the RAM chips were ok.Would you believe it or not, but after 8 years of travelling around the world with my family, I recently moved back to my home country. My youngest brother had (unbeknownst to me) always hung on to my Nascom II and gave it back to me as a surprise gift at Christmas... and it still works, tape recorder, Kenilworth case, and tiny 9 inch screen and all. The printer I used to have has long ago died (an Epson MX-80) but this all still works.If you have a good and worthy home (as a collector) I might sell it. Lots of software still available.
Peter van Es
Hilversum, Netherlands - Wednesday, January 23, 2002 at 18:29:01 (EST)
WOW! What a site. This brings back many wonderful memories. I was the first workshop engineer for Nascom circa. 1978, based in Chesham Bucks England. I worked for Nascom off and on for about 3 years - spent some time in Paris setting up a repair workshop for the French distributor. I don't know if I have any useful bits, documents etc. any more but if I get a chance i'll have a look. Does anyone know what happened to the people who started Nascom? John Marshall (MD) Kerr Borland (Sales Director), David ? (Design Engineer), Paul Greenhalgh (Engineering manager after 1980?), Tony Rundel (Engineering / Software Manager based in Berkhamstead). Enough for now. If anyone has any info or questions then do please get in touch. Chris Pound
Chris Pound
Ashford, UK - Tuesday, January 08, 2002 at 06:05:16 (EST)
Hello excelent info on your site...JOse
Jose D. Hernandez
Roslindale, MA USA - Monday, December 31, 2001 at 01:08:59 (EST)
Test entry to see if the dates are now working.
Jesper Hansen
Stockholm, Sweden - Friday, December 07, 2001 at 17:30:42 (EST)
What a lovely site! I had been looking for some Z80 emulator software - nothing decent anywhere - until now. Nascom saves the day again!
Guy Swettenham
UK -
Great site, man! Devoted to the "dream machine" I was used to dream when I was a kid! You just keep my dreams coming alive... I feel less old now! :-)Don't stop Your great work!
Davide Fuzzati
Bondeno, FE Italy -
Ohhh, so you guys are running the new Nascom-2!!!Well im still stuck with my Nascom-1, haha...
Mats Byström
Borås, Sweden -
sorry, i`ve sent a wrong email-Adress.in the meantime I installed an emulator and tried a bitHello world .... and it worked !
Peter Brendel
Mannheim, Germany -
Greetings from another one who can`t forget this fabulous time
Peter Brendel
Mannheim, GR -
I still have my Nascom 2 which I made in about 1979. I tried it a couple of months ago and could not get it to start. I think it something simple but don't really know were to start. I would love to get it going again as it was my first computer.
Mike Fox
Auckland, New Zealand -
Nice piece of nostalgia (Nascom 2 was my first too).Im going to try the emulator to see if i still can master the Z80.the real thing is dumped less than 2 months ago but i still have another Z80 board (with 64kb RAM) and a home-burned copy of nas-sys for this board (i still used I/O ans display from the real board so experimets are still possible.good luckPieter
Pieter 't Hart
Delft, Netherlands -
Hej "Slumstormer" ;)Lige en hilsen fra "Rockeren"Håber livet stadig er godt derovreSøren
Søren
Denmark -
Hello fellow nasco nuts. I have been round the various pages and the 'homepage'. I thought that the 'Nasey' had died a queit but dignified death. it was undoubtedly the best machine in its time, better, even, than the Sharp MZ80. It took the arrival of the TRASH80 and the demise of Nascom MC itself to start the decline. Sinclair and Dragon finally sealed the fate of vitually all the micro's around at that time. (some 146 different machines).I built mine in 1978 and during 1979 added memory (piggy back and bend pin 4. All details in INMC80 issue 3) ,the AVC colour card and joy of joys a 5 1/4 floppy drive, a printer (Centronics), and a modem (I was studying with the O.U.) Software wise I notice that the Nascom homepage wants various items. I have C.P.M. in 2 chips and on floppy for the G805 Drive system. All my bits and pieces came from Henry's. They supplied me with the 2708/2716 EPROM programmer board and software. The sound board with chips for phoneme sound, better quality than some of todays speech boards, I also have the following :-Xtal BasicExtension BasicFIGForthHullforthHisoft Pascal NasdisZENNASSYS3All these have the doumentation and I have the full book of words on ZEN.I found ZEN to get it right, including the correct DD aa aa aa codes. Its assembler routines giving you a screen listing of what and where the fault is. That and the fact that it had a screen editor made it a joy to use.All praise to whoever rewrote it to interface to nassys3 from its original platform, the MZ80.For those who like to play games (what a waste on a nascom) I have a complete listing for Chess, and various other games not listed on these pages.Who remembrs D. R Hunt and INMC80 News? and later 80-BUS News, Upower which later became Nascom Newsletter. I have many of each of these magazines.My apologies if this sounds like an ego trip but it is easier to list all this info and then answer any queries and requests (if anyone sends any). I look forward to talking to fellow nasnutsCheersray lamacqRay_Lamacq@tesco.netplease note. I do not access the net every day so be patient if you email. PPSThis message has also been sent the Homepage so any follow up will there.
Ray Lamacq
LONDON, UK -
Was only told about this site today. Built my N2 back in 1978. Added memory( piggy back and bend a pin) pushed mem up to 48k. Altered nas sys scratch area and could run several progs at same time!If my stock of tapes are still readable then I have Pascal, two Forths, Xtal basic etc. Also have tape for ZEN the best Z80 assembler. wrote my own prog to go on line (in those days it wasn't the net ) and used line 16 as a visual input output buffer. Those were the days. Would love to hear from anyone who is still nas mad
Ray Lamacq
London, U.K. -
Great site! I'd like to know if anyone out there would consider selling me their Nascom 2 computer system. If so, just e-mail me. (edwardc@netins.net)
Edward
Des Moines, IA USA -
I came across and rescued my Nascom I/II again while clearing out the junk in the garage on the wife's instructions. Very nostalgic. The Nascom I worked as a standalone board, but I never completed the upgrade to a Nascom II. Perhaps when the kids leave home (another 15yr) I shall try to re-activate it.... Can you still get the RAM chips???
Roy Everett
Ipswich, England -
The Nascom Homepage has a new URL again:http://www.bln.de/conzi/nascomhomepage
Constantin Olbrich
Berlin, Germany -
Still have my Nascom II, complete with various modifications and add-ons. Not operated it for many years. Like your current version of the emulator.
Robert
Sandiacre Notts, UK -
Still have my Nascom 2. Hasn't been switched on for 12 years. First Nascom was type 1 with expansion card and Basic. Was used to develope a system used in the Control Tower at the local airport. I have some spare bits.
R. L. Pope
UK -
Just wanted to wave to your guys. I sometimes miss the good ol' days too. Btw - my Nascom is still fully operational, and as I turn my head slightly to the right, it appears in all it's beauty. I still have a bunch of software for it - some even with assembler sourcecode. As time (and family) allows it, I'll work my way through the ancient boxes with the magic contents. God only knows how much of the software is still operational or can still be read. The Nascom did certainly introduce me to the best designed hardware/operating system available - (at least in relation to price). With the good work of Jesper and his simulator here, the Nascom may have a second return (as a kind of gost in the PC). To me, it's still the best machine I ever had.Stay cool everyone. Jan, js@adr.dk
Jan Schrøder
Copenhagen, Denmark -
Like yourself, I started with a D2. My Nascom 2 is fully operational. With 64K ram, EPROM board etc
Peter Smith
UK -
i want more information about nascom company
jayesh ambodkar
jalgaon, maharashtra india -
The Nascom Homepage has a new URL:http://homepages.go.com/~nascomhomepage/
Constantin Olbrich
Berlin, Germany -
If anybody out there has the original documentation for NAS-DOS2 or NAS-DIS I'd be delighted if they could make it available. I'm working on a NASCOM 2 with these Eproms fitted and finding guesswork frustrating if absorbing. Congratulations on the site but there doesn't seem to be all that many of us!
John Parry
St Albans, UK -
Happy to see that this ancient MC is not forgotten. The Nascom-1 was my first single-board computer, long timeago, the CPU and the power supply is still some where inthe attic. I found this page looking for a NASCOM to showmy son (12) how a computer really works (without all thesefunny colorful pictures and a mouse). Perhaps the NSACOMemulator will help :-))Rainer
Rainer Boettchers
Paderborn, Germany -
I owned (still do in fact - up in the attic somewhere) a Nascom 2 way back in the very early 80s. Before that I had a MK-14. Great machine the Nascom 2, did lots of stuff with it, including writing an editor in assembler.
Herbert Sauro
Pasadena, CA USA -
I just put the source code of NAS-SYS 3 and Nascom ROM Basic in the web at: http://homepages.infoseek.com/~nascomhomepage/index.htmlHas anybody original documentation of ZEAP, NAS-DIS, NAS-DEBUG or Nascom Pascal?
Constantin Olbrich
Berlin, Germany -
Sob! One thing I can never forgive my wife for is getting me to throw out my loving Nascom 1 several years back.Built it in 78 at the age of 16 (train down to edgware road, london) and upgraded it with piggy backed eproms (and a switch to select OS) and a sinclair memory pack (zx80 edge connector being made up mainly of the z80 processor pinout!)How I miss it - looked a few years back for info on Nascom but found nothing, glad to meet you guys!I'll hunt around in the garage tomorrow - I didn't chuck out the tapes or some of the documentation !-)All the best,Derek(still hacking around with computers)
Derek Moore
lidlington, bedford, UK -
A question for those working on Nascom Emulation:The two main features of the Good Old Nascom, and not available on the competitors, were real-time interrupt driven I/O, and the fast memory mapped screen display.Can emulators cope with these features ?Happy New Year.
Geoff Bagley.
Malvern, WR UK -
I still have my NASCOM 2
Geoff Bagley G3FHL
Malvern, WR UK -
Just got my old nascom 2 out of the loft and it still works.Anybody involved with a NASSYS hack called System 6 which added some extra functions?
Bill Stewart
Chippenham, UK -
I just put the very first episode of Doctor dark's Diary up on my web site. Nostalgia time. Want to see more? I have almost everything ever published about the Nascom, and intend to put as much as I can on the Internet.
Doctor Dark
England -
It's wonderful to find this interest in the Nascom. I feel 20 years younger. Is there anybody nearby who would like to give me a working Nascom 2 or alternatively mend mine(!)
John Parry
St. Albans, UK -
Hej Jesper!Tank you for a nice site dedicated to good old Nascom-2.I think I will go to the basement and rewoke my old maschine.
Erling Thomsen
Silkeborg, Denmark -
A truly splendid web site! Has anyone got Episodes 1 - 30 of Dr Dark's Diary I could borrow?
Chris Blackmore
England -
Once upon a time, I was famous. Doctor Dark.
Chris Blackmore
England -
Sorry, but the old ISP killed my guestbook, so I'll have to start another one..Feel free to leave a comment.
Jesper
Sweden -