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The Lucas Nascom 1 and 2 were single-board computer kits issued in 1977 and 1979, respectively, based on the Zilog Z80 and including a keyboard and video interface, as well as a serial port that could be used for storing data on a tape cassette using the Kansas City standard. The inclusion of a full keyboard and video display interface was uncommon in this era, most microcomputers at the time only being delivered with a hexadecimal keypad and 7-seg display. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... One of the first Z80 microprocessors manufactured; the date stamp says well before July 1976. ... A computer keyboard is a peripheral modeled after the typewriter keyboard. ... Video is the technology of electronically capturing, recording, processing, storing, transmitting, and reconstructing a sequence of still images which represent scenes in motion. ... A male DE-9 connector used for a serial port on a PC style computer. ... Typical 60-minute Compact Cassette. ... The Kansas City standard (abbreviated KCS) for storage of digital (micro)computer data on an ordinary compact audio cassette is also known as the BYTE standard, from its connection with BYTE magazine, or the Processor Technology CUTS (PT Computer Users Tape Standard). ... A display device is a device for visual presentation of images (including text) acquired, stored, or transmitted in various forms. ... In mathematics and computer science, base-16, hexadecimal, or simply hex, is a numeral system with a radix or base of 16 usually written using the symbols 0–9 and A–F or a–f. ... A seven segment display (sometimes written as 7-segment display) is a form of display that predates the now ubiquitous dot-matrix displays. ...

Model Nascom 1 Nascom 2
Introduced December 1977 December 1979
MSRP (price) £197.50 £225
CPU (µP) Zilog Z80 Zilog Z80A
CPU speed 2.5 MHz 4 MHz
Monitor/OS* NAS-BUG 1 (1 KB EPROM) NAS-SYS 1 (2 KB ROM)
RAM 2 KB, exp. to 64 KB 8 KB, exp. to 1 MB
Discontinued 1979 1983
* A debug monitor/simple OS was included with the machines. CP/M versions 1.4, 2.2 and 3.0 where also available later.

The Display of the Nascom 2 consisted of 48 columns by 16 rows, white characters on black background with no graphics. It was possible to purchase an add-on Graphics Chip (approx price £20 in 1980) for the Nascom 2 that added a further 128 Graphics Characters. The Built-in Basic Interpreter could use these graphics to create a primitive and blocky-like 96 x 48 graphics display. ISO 4217 Code GBP User(s) United Kingdom Inflation 2. ... One of the first Z80 microprocessors manufactured; the date stamp says well before July 1976. ... MegaHertz (MHz) is the name given to one million (106) Hertz, a measure of frequency. ... A kilobyte (derived from the SI prefix kilo-, meaning 1000) is a unit of information or computer storage equal to either 1024 or 1000 bytes. ... The Commodore 128 included a built-in machine language monitor. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... CP/M is an operating system originally created for Intel 8080/85 and Zilog Z80 based microcomputers by Gary Kildall of Digital Research, Inc. ...

The predecessor of Borland's very successful Turbo Pascal compiler and IDE for CP/M and MS-DOS was developed by Anders Hejlsberg of Blue Label Software for the Nascom 2, under the name Blue Label Software Pascal, or BLS Pascal. Borland Software Corporation (formerly Borland International, Inc. ... Turbo Pascal 3. ... A diagram of the operation of a typical multi-language, multi-target compiler. ... An integrated development environment (IDE), also known as integrated design environment and integrated debugging environment, is a type of computer software that assists computer programmers in developing software. ... Anders Hejlsberg (born c. ...


Interest in the Nascom architecture still exists today with a 32 bit version available. [1]


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