Nascom Magazines

Between 1978 and 1989, a number of English publications were produced. These were centred on the Nascom range at first, then expanded to include all 80-BUS products, especially the Gemini range of boards and systems.

There is an overall table of contents of the English Nascom magazines.

Nascom and 80-BUS publications were also produced in Germany. There is another overall table of contents of it.

1978 – 1980

INMC News was the original magazine to support the Nascom pro­duct range.

1980 – 1981

After Nascom’s financial difficulties, INMC News was re-born as a magazine called INMC 80 News.

1982 – 1985

INMC 80 News mutated once more and became 80-Bus News.

1987 – 1989

80-Bus News changed once again and became Scorpio News.

1981 – 1982

Another magazine appeared in parallel, Micropower.

1982 – 1984

Micropower became the Nascom Newsletter with the original issue numbers.

Series

Lawrence

Saga One: C.E.G.B. brutality
Saga Two: Hubris
Saga Three: Hell hath no fury
Saga Four: Noblesse obligé
Lawrence the long haired weirdo
Very Official – To whom it may concern
Very Official
Lawrence and the “new” printer?
Lawrence is back (despite popular demand)
Lawrence meets the commercial software syndrome
Lawrence has bought PolyDos…
Lawrence meets dangers of VIDEO
Lawrence lands a helping hand
Lawrence and his ‘surprise’ birthday present
Lawrence (super-programmer…)
Lawrence and the PolyDos Users Group
Lawrence Lipshitz – the voice of reason
Lawrence the long-haired wierdo…

Dr. Dark’s Diary

by Chris Blackmore

Episode 1     2     3     4     5     6     7     8     9     10     11     12     13     14     15     16     17     18     19     20     21     22     23     24     25     26     27     28     29     30  

The DH Bits

by David Hunt

Bit 0     1     2     3     4     5     6     7     8     9     10     11     12     13     14     15  

Z80 made simple

by David Hunt

Part 1     2     3     4     5     6     7  

Random Rumours (& Truths)

By S. Monger

Part 1     2     3     4     5     6     7     8     9     10     11  

Aunt Agatha’s Agony Column

by D.​ Parkinson

Part 1     2     3     4     5     6  

Disk Formats and CP/M Disk Routines

by M.W.T. Waters

Part 1     2     3     4  

NASCOM ROM BASIC disassembled

by Carl Lloyd-Parker

Part 1     2     3     4     5     6     7  

NASCOM ROM BASIC source code is available in ASM and LST file format.

Hands-On!

by Viktor

Part 1     2     3     4  

NAS-SYS monitors dissected

by J.​ Haigh

Part 1     2     3     4     5     6     7  

EPROM Programmer

by C.​ Bowden

Part 1     2     3  

XTAL BASIC XTRA 2.2 updates

by David Elliot

Part 1     2  

News from Nascom

by Mike Hessey

Part 1     2     3     4     5     6  

A Nascom Disassembler

by M. Reed

Part 1     2  

SYS-EX – A 1K Extension Program for NAS-SYS Monitors

by David G.​ Johnson

Part 1     2     3     4     5  

The ZCPR3 System

by C.​ Bowden

Part 1     2  

Digital Imaging Systems

by D.​R.​ Hunt

Part 1     2     3  

Timeline of magazines, taken from Richard Espley’s site www.80bus.co.uk:

Nascom and 80-BUS publications spanned nearly 12 years from simple Z80 computers to the rise of IBM PC compatibles. Here ends the 8 bit era.