Hi,
I got a NC100 from eBay, which was supposed to be faulty, which was great as I like repairing computers.
But after looking atbthe circuit board, I noticed that someone had removed the ROM chip and been a little hand-fisted in inserting, crushing a pin on the ROM, once the pin was straightened and the ROM inserted in the socket the NC100 started up and is working okay.
So I have a working NC100, what can I do with it?
Quote from: derek on 22:14, 11 July 22So I have a working NC100, what can I do with it?
That's the right attitude. Buy first, then think about what you can do with it ;-)
Looking at my "retro" cabinet, that happens pretty often to me too.
Quote from: derek on 22:14, 11 July 22So I have a working NC100, what can I do with it?
Start programming for it... There is not too much software for the machine so there is a lot of places you can begin.
I tried my hand at a monitor/debugger for the NC100 (https://github.com/JimmyDansbo/NC100Monitor), but it probably needs a complete rewrite to be any kind of useful.
Quote from: eto on 07:43, 12 July 22Quote from: derek on 22:14, 11 July 22So I have a working NC100, what can I do with it?
That's the right attitude. Buy first, then think about what you can do with it ;-)
Looking at my "retro" cabinet, that happens pretty often to me too.
Well , I like repairing retro computers, they are usually sold on to people who like to play old games
I used also like programming computers in assbler, mainly Sinclair, so Z80 programming is fairly straight forward.
Is there an sssembler for the NC100?
Quote from: derek on 10:54, 12 July 22Is there an sssembler for the NC100?
I use RASM, it is not specifically for the NC100, but it is for the Z80.
https://github.com/EdouardBERGE/rasm
If you dont know yet this site : Ncus (https://www.ncus.org.uk/index.htm)
There's actually an assembler built directly into the nc100's BBC Basic, which in some respects is probably easier to deal with, although it's also easy to lose your work when you crash the unit and have to do a hard reset...
https://www.bbcbasic.co.uk/bbcbasic/mancpm/bbc3.html
Quote from: pelrun on 16:03, 12 July 22There's actually an assembler built directly into the nc100's BBC Basic, which in some respects is probably easier to deal with, although it's also easy to lose your work when you crash the unit and have to do a hard reset...
https://www.bbcbasic.co.uk/bbcbasic/mancpm/bbc3.html
Hi
Thank you for the information, I just realised this myself.
I looked at the manual in the link, looks similiar to the Z88 BBC Basic and I done a bit of assembler on a BBC Micro