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title: Oric NOVA 64
categories:
- Computers
types:
- Home Computer
origins:
- Yugoslavia
years:
- '1984'
cpus:
- 6502A
params:
name: NOVA 64
image: /media/museum/photos/oric_nova64_1s.jpg
company: /companies/oric
company_name: Oric
specs:
- label: NAME
value: NOVA 64
- label: MANUFACTURER
value: Oric
- label: TYPE
value: Home Computer
- label: ORIGIN
value: Yugoslavia
- label: YEAR
value: ? 1984
- label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
value: Tangerine Basic (in fact unlicensed Microsoft Basic)
- label: KEYBOARD
value: |-
QWERTY, mechanical keyboard, 58 keys. 4 arrow keys.\
ESC, CTRL, DEL, RETURN, SHIFT (x 2), FUNCT.
- label: CPU
value: 6502A
- label: SPEED
value: 1 mHz
- label: RAM
value: 48 KB
- label: ROM
value: 16 KB
- label: TEXT MODES
value: 40 chars x 28 lines
- label: GRAPHIC MODES
value: 240 x 200 (+ 3 text lines)
- label: COLORS
value: '8'
- label: SOUND
value: 3 voices, 8 octaves + white noise
- label: SIZE / WEIGHT
value: 28 (W) x 17,5 (D) x 5,5 (H) cm / 1.25 kg
- label: I/O PORTS
value: Power supply, Expansion port, Printer/Centronics port, Tape-recorder DIN plug, RGB video out, RF TV out
- label: POWER SUPPLY
value: External power supply / IN 220V (+10;-15 %); 50 Hz. / OUT 7V DC
- label: PRICE
value: Unknown
tabs:
- photos
- hardware
- software
- emulators
- links
- docs
photos:
- title: ORIC NOVA 64
subtitle: ''
text: |-
Apparently, only the label "Oric Nova 64" differs from the original Atmos.
Thanks to Ranko Vukcevic for this picture
image: /media/museum/photos/oric_nova64_1.jpg
- title: FRONT
subtitle: ''
text: Thanks to Ranko Vukcevic for this picture
image: /media/museum/photos/oric_nova64_front.jpg
- title: REAR
subtitle: ''
text: Thanks to Ranko Vukcevic for this picture
image: /media/museum/photos/oric_nova64_rear.jpg
- title: INSIDE
subtitle: ''
text: |-
This motherboard is slightly different from well known Issue 3 & 4 motherboards of the official Oric-1/Atmos systems, especially RAM chips layout.
Thanks to Ranko Vukcevic for this picture
image: /media/museum/photos/oric_nova64_mobo.jpg
hardware:
- title: JASMIN II F.D. UNIT
subtitle: ''
text: The Jasmin II was a 3" double-sided floppy drive unit. It was released in 1985, designed by T.R.A.N. and manufactured by Dattel, two french companies. Up to four units could be connected in chain. Each one featured an operating system called T.DOS then FT.DOS. Each diskette had a 357 KB capacity (2 sides x 41 tracks x 17 sectors x 256 bytes)
image: /media/museum/hardware/oric_jasmin2_1.jpg
- title: CUMANA EXPANSION BOX
subtitle: ''
text: This expansion holds a power supply unit and a dual expansion port allowing the floppy disk unit and another expansion device to be connected simultaneously.
image: /media/museum/hardware/oric_atmos_cumanaexp_s1.jpg
- title: VOCAL SYNTHESIZER
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/hardware/oric_synth_vocal.jpg
- title: LIGHT PEN
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/hardware/oric_lightpen.jpg
- title: 8 IN/OUT BOARD
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/hardware/oric_8_io.jpg
- title: ATMOS MICRODISC
subtitle: ''
text: |-
The official Oric disk-drive. Soooo beautiful...
Disc drive uses 320 Kb. formatted, double side 3'' diskette. In the first versions, operating system only managed sequential files.
image: /media/museum/hardware/oric_atmos_microdsic_1.jpg
- title: ATMOS PLOTTER
subtitle: ''
text: This is the same as the MCP-40 for the Oric-1. This type of plotter (4 colors) was widely used for the micro-computers...
image: /media/museum/hardware/oric_atmos_mcp40_1.jpg
- title: INSIDE ATMOS PLOTTER
subtitle: ''
text: |-
The MCP-40 plotter uses a Japanese printing mechanism manufactured by Sharp. It's a little mechanical marvel able to print extremely precise four colour texts and graphics. Text is printed with 40 or 80 characters per line, at 10 characters per second speed. Characters size and printing direction may be modified (horizontal, vertical or diagonal).
**(1)** Paper used is a roller of 115 mm width.\
**(2)** Printer command buttons.\
**(3)** Electromagnet that pushes the pen against paper for writing.\
**(4)** The print head moves laterally right across the paper width and swivels to carry out a pen colour change.\
**(5)** The head is connected through a cable to an engine which ensures its side moving by 0.2 mm steps.\
**(6)** A second engine controls top and bottom paper moving, also by 0.2 mm steps.
image: /media/museum/hardware/oric_atmos_mcp40_2.jpg
screenshots:
- title: L'AIGLE D'OR
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/software/oric_ss_aigledor.gif
- title: CATEGORIC
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/software/oric_ss_categoric.gif
- title: HONEY KONG
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/software/oric_ss_honeykong.gif
- title: HOPPER
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/software/oric_ss_hopper.gif
- title: KRLLYS
subtitle: loading screen
text: ''
image: /media/museum/software/oric_ss_krillys.gif
- title: MAGNETIX
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/software/oric_ss_magnetix.gif
- title: MR WIMPY
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/software/oric_ss_mrwimpy.gif
- title: RABBIT
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/software/oric_ss_rabbit.gif
- title: SUPER JEEP
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/software/oric_ss_superjeep.gif
- title: TRIATHLON
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/software/oric_ss_triathlon.gif
- title: ZORGON'S REVENGE
subtitle: ''
text: A legendary game for the Oric ! A must have !
image: /media/museum/software/oric_ss_zorgons.gif
- title: LE TOMBEAU D'AXAYACATL
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/software/oric_ss_axayacatl.gif
- title: THE HOBBIT
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/software/oric_ss_hobbit.gif
- title: ICE GIANT
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/software/oric_ss_icegiant.gif
- title: KRILLYS
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/software/oric_ss_krillys-2.gif
- title: MANIC MINER
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/software/oric_ss_manicminer.gif
- title: POOPY
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/software/oric_ss_poopy.gif
- title: SKIING
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/software/oric_ss_skiing.gif
- title: TENNIS
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/software/oric_ss_tennis.gif
- title: ZOOLYMPICS
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/software/oric_ss_zoolympics.gif
emulators:
- title: Euphoric
url: http://oric.ifrance.com/oric/emulator.html
platform: MS DOS
text: The best ORIC emulators
- title: Oric/MacOS
url: http://www.bannister.org/software/oric.htm
platform: Apple
text: Oric/MacOS is an Oric emulator for the Macintosh.
- title: Xeuphoric
url: http://www.teaser.fr/~amajorel/xeuphoric/
platform: Unix / Linux
text: Oric emulator for X11 platforms
- title: AmOric
url: http://oric.ifrance.com/oric/EMULATORS/Amoric.lha
platform: Amiga OS
text: Oric emulator for the Amiga systems
- title: ArcOric
url: http://oric.ifrance.com/oric/EMULATORS/ArcOric12
platform: RISC OS
text: Oric emulator for RISC/OS
- title: AtOric
url: http://oric.ifrance.com/oric/EMULATORS/atoric09.zip
platform: Atari
text: works with all Atari & Compatibles (Hades, Milan)
- title: Oriculator
url: http://code.google.com/p/oriculator/
platform: Multiplatform
text: Oricutron (formerly known as Oriculator) is an emulator for the Oric series of computers. It is written in plain C, and uses SDL. It is designed to be portable.
links:
- title: Club Europe Oric Home Page
url: http://ceo.oric.org/
text: Club Europe Oric (or CEO for short) is an Oric user group
- title: Defence Force Oric
url: http://www.defence-force.org/computing/oric/index.htm
text: Some very interesting info here
- title: Marc's Oric Page
url: http://mapage.cybercable.fr/marcpage/oric.htm
text: Personal home page with some original programs to download
- title: My nostalgia Oric page
url: http://www.geffers.demon.co.uk/oricpage.html
text: From an old Tansoft programmer
- title: ORIC International
url: http://www.oric.org
text: I think this is where you must go first. There is among other things, a huge software database
- title: Oric WebRing
url: http://v.webring.com/hub?ring=oric
text: Everything for the Oric
- title: Oric World
url: http://oric.iFrance.com/oric/index_french.html
text: The site of the famous Fabrice Frances (includes the Oric Story book)
- title: Pascal's Oric Page
url: http://pleclerc.free.fr/Oric/OricPage.html
text: in french, with ROM file to make your Oric Euro-Compatible !
- title: Rhetoric
url: http://www.rhetoric.8k.com/
text: The last remaining British Oric magazine.
- title: Swedish Oric Homepage
url: http://come.to/oric
text: Home of the Swedish software archive
- title: The Reluctant Dragon
url: http://freespace.virgin.net/james.groom/index.htm
text: Home of the Oric FAQ, the Oric Cheats Directory and more
- title: TheSpider's Oric Web
url: http://oricspider.home.insightbb.com/
text: Personal site dedicated to the Oric Atmos
- title: Twilighte
url: http://twilighte.oric.org
text: Site of the excellent Oric programmer of Magnetix. Many useful info and impressive works !
- title: Web Wiz CAPTCHA
url: http://www.webwizcaptcha.com
text: Discussion about Oric computers
docs:
- title: ORIC-1 BASIC PROGRAMMING MANUAL
url: http://www.defence-force.org/computing/oric/library/lib_manual_oric/index.htm
cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/oric-1_basic-programming-manual.jpg
text: |-
[**ORIC-1 BASIC PROGRAMMING MANUAL**](http://www.defence-force.org/computing/oric/library/lib_manual_oric/index.htm)written by John SCRIVEN
 compiled/archived by Unknown\
 type of document : PDF\
 source : [Defence Force](http://www.defence-force.org/)
- title: MANUEL DE L'ATMOS (FRENCH MANUAL)
url: http://www.defence-force.org/computing/oric/library/lib_manual_oric/index.htm
cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/oric-atmos_manuel.jpg
text: |-
[**MANUEL DE L'ATMOS (FRENCH MANUAL)**](http://www.defence-force.org/computing/oric/library/lib_manual_oric/index.htm)written by Ian Adamson / Oric International
 compiled/archived by William Saint-Cricq\
 type of document : PDF\
 source : [Defence Force](http://www.defence-force.org)
- title: ORIC ATMOS & ORIC-1 - GRAPHICS AND MACHINE CODE TECHNIQUES
url: http://www.1000bit.net/support/manuali/manuali.asp
cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/oric-1-atmos_geoff-philips_1.jpg
text: |-
[**ORIC ATMOS & ORIC-1 - GRAPHICS AND MACHINE CODE TECHNIQUES**](http://www.1000bit.net/support/manuali/manuali.asp)written by Geoff Phillips
 compiled/archived by Geoff Phillips\
 type of document : PDF\
 source : [1000Bit](http://www.1000bit.net/)
- title: MANUEL D'UTILISATION DU SEDORIC (FRENCH)
url: http://www.defence-force.org/computing/oric/library/lib_dos/manuel_microdisc_et_sedoric/index.htm
cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/oric_microdsic-manuel.jpg
text: |-
[**MANUEL D'UTILISATION DU SEDORIC (FRENCH)**](http://www.defence-force.org/computing/oric/library/lib_dos/manuel_microdisc_et_sedoric/index.htm)written by Fabrice BROCHE & Denis SEBBAG
 type of document : HTML\
 source : [Defence Force](http://www.defence-force.org)
- title: MICODISC MANUAL
url: http://www.defence-force.org/computing/oric/library/lib_dos/index.htm
cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/oric_microdisc_manual.jpg
text: |-
[**MICODISC MANUAL**](http://www.defence-force.org/computing/oric/library/lib_dos/index.htm)written by Oric Products International Limited
 type of document : PDF\
 source : [Defence Force](http://www.defence-force.org)
- title: ORIC MCP-40 COLOUR PRINTER OPERATION MANUAL
url: /media/museum/docs/oric_printer-mcp40_manual.pdf
cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/oric_mcp40_manual.jpg
text: |-
[**ORIC MCP-40 COLOUR PRINTER OPERATION MANUAL**](/media/museum/docs/oric_printer-mcp40_manual.pdf)written by Oric Products International Limited
 type of document : PDF\
 source : [Defence Force](http://www.defence-force.org)
comments:
- author: Ivan (Serbia)
date: Wednesday 2nd April 2014
text: Still have functional ORIC NOVA 64. greaqt machine for that time.
- author: Miroslav (Serbia)
date: Wednesday 8th February 2012
text: I''ve used this machine ..unbelievable experience for that time
- author: Misha (Yugoslavia/Serbia/USA)
date: Monday 30th January 2012
text: We used to have few of them back in late ''80s, in my elementary school. It was a fun machine, it had internal speaker and great built-in basic for that time. Probably one of the best looking 8-bit computers at that time too....
- author: drvmandic
date: Thursday 26th January 2012
text: |-
As a matter of fact, the "Oric Nova 64" was officialy adopted by the federal government in Yugoslavia as the main educational-purpose computer in schools (both primary and secondary) in 1986., after several years of heavy discussions about which computer should be the most appropriate one for that use.\
It was assembled in Yugoslavia, by "Avtotehna" - Ljubljana, out of parts imported from Oric directly, under exclusive licence (only the label "Oric Nova 64" was printed in Yugoslavia). Each and every school had to have "Nova 64" for educational purposes, but almost noone has ever really worked on them. In 1988. most of the schools have acquired more powerful computers for computer science education (some of them even purchased PC clones) independently from the government regulations, so "Nova 64" was slowly but surely pushed away. To say nothing about strangeness of such computer in the country where "Commodore 64"s and "Spectrum 48"s ruled for years then...\
All these informations can be checked out in Yugoslav computer magazines of that time, primarily in "Moj Mikro" (published in Slovenia).
I myself have graduated from the computer science high school in 1989., but never put my hands on "Nova 64"''s keyboard - those computers were kept in locked clasroom, in order to prevent anyone touching that expensive, but completely useless machine in time when my school has already purchased 32 PC clones and installed them in a classroom with unrestricted access (unlike the classroom equipped with "Nova 64"s)... Only once have I seen a couple of first-year students working on "Nova"s, but under strict supervision of three (!) teachers, while my (senior) class was making programs in Fortran 77 on those PCs next door completely unsupervised...
related:
- /museum/oric-1
- /museum/oric-atmos
oc_id: 1186
source:
url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230529181737/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1186
date: '2023-05-29'
---
The NOVA 64 seems to be a legal copy of the Oric Atmos for the Yugoslavian market.
Here is what the Oric FAQ by Jim Groom says :
*"A Yugoslavian company (believed to be Avtotehna, based in Ljubljana) obtained a licence to make 5000 machines. Machines were made, but whether they were under license or not is not known in any detail. It is thought that they assembled parts shipped from the UK. I have a contact in Yugoslavia who says there were several in his village and about 30 in a school in the next village. This may suggest that more than 5000 were made. They were known as the Oric Nova 64 and were Atmos based."*
Thus, the NOVA 64 seems to be an exact Atmos machine, only the "NOVA 64" label being different. But we hadn't the chance to test one yet to confirm this statement. The motherboard however seems a bit different from well known Issue 3 & 4 ones used in most official Oric machines (RAM chips layout is different).
The 64 in "Nova 64" comes from the fact the Atmos has really 64 KB RAM, but 16 KB are masked by the ROM at startup, thus leaving "only" 48 KB to work with the Basic language.
---
Thanks to Ranko Vukcevic for the pictures.
<table> <tr> <td></td> <td>We need more info about this computer ! If you designed, used, or have more info about this system, please send us pictures or anything you might find useful.</td> <td></td> </tr> </table>