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title: Oric NOVA 64
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categories:
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- Computers
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types:
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- Home Computer
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origins:
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- Yugoslavia
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years:
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- '1984'
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cpus:
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- 6502A
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params:
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name: NOVA 64
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image: /media/museum/photos/oric_nova64_1s.jpg
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company: /companies/oric
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company_name: Oric
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specs:
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- label: NAME
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value: NOVA 64
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- label: MANUFACTURER
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value: Oric
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- label: TYPE
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value: Home Computer
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- label: ORIGIN
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value: Yugoslavia
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- label: YEAR
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value: ? 1984
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- label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
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value: Tangerine Basic (in fact unlicensed Microsoft Basic)
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- label: KEYBOARD
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value: |-
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QWERTY, mechanical keyboard, 58 keys. 4 arrow keys.\
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ESC, CTRL, DEL, RETURN, SHIFT (x 2), FUNCT.
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- label: CPU
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value: 6502A
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- label: SPEED
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value: 1 mHz
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- label: RAM
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value: 48 KB
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- label: ROM
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value: 16 KB
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- label: TEXT MODES
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value: 40 chars x 28 lines
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- label: GRAPHIC MODES
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value: 240 x 200 (+ 3 text lines)
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- label: COLORS
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value: '8'
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- label: SOUND
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value: 3 voices, 8 octaves + white noise
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- label: SIZE / WEIGHT
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value: 28 (W) x 17,5 (D) x 5,5 (H) cm / 1.25 kg
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- label: I/O PORTS
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value: Power supply, Expansion port, Printer/Centronics port, Tape-recorder DIN plug, RGB video out, RF TV out
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- label: POWER SUPPLY
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value: External power supply / IN 220V (+10;-15 %); 50 Hz. / OUT 7V DC
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- label: PRICE
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value: Unknown
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tabs:
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- photos
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- hardware
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- software
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- emulators
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- links
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- docs
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forum_thread: 1154
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photos:
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- title: ORIC NOVA 64
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subtitle: ''
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text: |-
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Apparently, only the label "Oric Nova 64" differs from the original Atmos.
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Thanks to Ranko Vukcevic for this picture
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image: /media/museum/photos/oric_nova64_1.jpg
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- title: FRONT
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subtitle: ''
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text: Thanks to Ranko Vukcevic for this picture
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image: /media/museum/photos/oric_nova64_front.jpg
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- title: REAR
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subtitle: ''
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text: Thanks to Ranko Vukcevic for this picture
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image: /media/museum/photos/oric_nova64_rear.jpg
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- title: INSIDE
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subtitle: ''
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text: |-
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This motherboard is slightly different from well known Issue 3 & 4 motherboards of the official Oric-1/Atmos systems, especially RAM chips layout.
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Thanks to Ranko Vukcevic for this picture
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image: /media/museum/photos/oric_nova64_mobo.jpg
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hardware:
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- title: JASMIN II F.D. UNIT
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subtitle: ''
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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)
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image: /media/museum/hardware/oric_jasmin2_1.jpg
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- title: CUMANA EXPANSION BOX
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subtitle: ''
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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.
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image: /media/museum/hardware/oric_atmos_cumanaexp_s1.jpg
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- title: VOCAL SYNTHESIZER
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/hardware/oric_synth_vocal.jpg
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- title: LIGHT PEN
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/hardware/oric_lightpen.jpg
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- title: 8 IN/OUT BOARD
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/hardware/oric_8_io.jpg
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- title: ATMOS MICRODISC
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subtitle: ''
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text: |-
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The official Oric disk-drive. Soooo beautiful...
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Disc drive uses 320 Kb. formatted, double side 3'' diskette. In the first versions, operating system only managed sequential files.
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image: /media/museum/hardware/oric_atmos_microdsic_1.jpg
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- title: ATMOS PLOTTER
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subtitle: ''
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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...
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image: /media/museum/hardware/oric_atmos_mcp40_1.jpg
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- title: INSIDE ATMOS PLOTTER
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subtitle: ''
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text: |-
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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).
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**(1)** Paper used is a roller of 115 mm width.\
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**(2)** Printer command buttons.\
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**(3)** Electromagnet that pushes the pen against paper for writing.\
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**(4)** The print head moves laterally right across the paper width and swivels to carry out a pen colour change.\
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**(5)** The head is connected through a cable to an engine which ensures its side moving by 0.2 mm steps.\
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**(6)** A second engine controls top and bottom paper moving, also by 0.2 mm steps.
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image: /media/museum/hardware/oric_atmos_mcp40_2.jpg
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screenshots:
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- title: L'AIGLE D'OR
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/software/oric_ss_aigledor.gif
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- title: CATEGORIC
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/software/oric_ss_categoric.gif
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- title: HONEY KONG
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/software/oric_ss_honeykong.gif
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- title: HOPPER
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/software/oric_ss_hopper.gif
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- title: KRLLYS
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subtitle: loading screen
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/software/oric_ss_krillys.gif
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- title: MAGNETIX
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/software/oric_ss_magnetix.gif
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- title: MR WIMPY
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/software/oric_ss_mrwimpy.gif
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- title: RABBIT
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/software/oric_ss_rabbit.gif
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- title: SUPER JEEP
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/software/oric_ss_superjeep.gif
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- title: TRIATHLON
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/software/oric_ss_triathlon.gif
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- title: ZORGON'S REVENGE
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subtitle: ''
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text: A legendary game for the Oric ! A must have !
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image: /media/museum/software/oric_ss_zorgons.gif
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- title: LE TOMBEAU D'AXAYACATL
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/software/oric_ss_axayacatl.gif
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- title: THE HOBBIT
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/software/oric_ss_hobbit.gif
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- title: ICE GIANT
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/software/oric_ss_icegiant.gif
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- title: KRILLYS
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/software/oric_ss_krillys-2.gif
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- title: MANIC MINER
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/software/oric_ss_manicminer.gif
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- title: POOPY
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/software/oric_ss_poopy.gif
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- title: SKIING
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/software/oric_ss_skiing.gif
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- title: TENNIS
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/software/oric_ss_tennis.gif
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- title: ZOOLYMPICS
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/software/oric_ss_zoolympics.gif
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emulators:
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- title: Euphoric
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url: http://oric.ifrance.com/oric/emulator.html
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platform: MS DOS
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text: The best ORIC emulators
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- title: Oric/MacOS
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url: http://www.bannister.org/software/oric.htm
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platform: Apple
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text: Oric/MacOS is an Oric emulator for the Macintosh.
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- title: Xeuphoric
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url: http://www.teaser.fr/~amajorel/xeuphoric/
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platform: Unix / Linux
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text: Oric emulator for X11 platforms
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- title: AmOric
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url: http://oric.ifrance.com/oric/EMULATORS/Amoric.lha
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platform: Amiga OS
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text: Oric emulator for the Amiga systems
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- title: ArcOric
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url: http://oric.ifrance.com/oric/EMULATORS/ArcOric12
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platform: RISC OS
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text: Oric emulator for RISC/OS
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- title: AtOric
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url: http://oric.ifrance.com/oric/EMULATORS/atoric09.zip
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platform: Atari
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text: works with all Atari & Compatibles (Hades, Milan)
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- title: Oriculator
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url: http://code.google.com/p/oriculator/
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platform: Multiplatform
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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.
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links:
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- title: Club Europe Oric Home Page
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url: http://ceo.oric.org/
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text: Club Europe Oric (or CEO for short) is an Oric user group
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- title: Defence Force Oric
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url: http://www.defence-force.org/computing/oric/index.htm
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text: Some very interesting info here
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- title: Marc's Oric Page
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url: http://mapage.cybercable.fr/marcpage/oric.htm
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text: Personal home page with some original programs to download
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- title: My nostalgia Oric page
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url: http://www.geffers.demon.co.uk/oricpage.html
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text: From an old Tansoft programmer
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- title: ORIC International
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url: http://www.oric.org
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text: I think this is where you must go first. There is among other things, a huge software database
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- title: Oric WebRing
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url: http://v.webring.com/hub?ring=oric
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text: Everything for the Oric
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- title: Oric World
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url: http://oric.iFrance.com/oric/index_french.html
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text: The site of the famous Fabrice Frances (includes the Oric Story book)
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- title: Pascal's Oric Page
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url: http://pleclerc.free.fr/Oric/OricPage.html
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text: in french, with ROM file to make your Oric Euro-Compatible !
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- title: Rhetoric
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url: http://www.rhetoric.8k.com/
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text: The last remaining British Oric magazine.
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- title: Swedish Oric Homepage
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url: http://come.to/oric
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text: Home of the Swedish software archive
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- title: The Reluctant Dragon
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url: http://freespace.virgin.net/james.groom/index.htm
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text: Home of the Oric FAQ, the Oric Cheats Directory and more
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- title: TheSpider's Oric Web
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url: http://oricspider.home.insightbb.com/
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text: Personal site dedicated to the Oric Atmos
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- title: Twilighte
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url: http://twilighte.oric.org
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text: Site of the excellent Oric programmer of Magnetix. Many useful info and impressive works !
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- title: Web Wiz CAPTCHA
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url: http://www.webwizcaptcha.com
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text: Discussion about Oric computers
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docs:
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- title: ORIC-1 BASIC PROGRAMMING MANUAL
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url: http://www.defence-force.org/computing/oric/library/lib_manual_oric/index.htm
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cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/oric-1_basic-programming-manual.jpg
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text: |-
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[**ORIC-1 BASIC PROGRAMMING MANUAL**](http://www.defence-force.org/computing/oric/library/lib_manual_oric/index.htm)written by John SCRIVEN
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compiled/archived by Unknown\
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type of document : PDF\
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source : [Defence Force](http://www.defence-force.org/)
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- title: MANUEL DE L'ATMOS (FRENCH MANUAL)
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url: http://www.defence-force.org/computing/oric/library/lib_manual_oric/index.htm
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cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/oric-atmos_manuel.jpg
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text: |-
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[**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
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compiled/archived by William Saint-Cricq\
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type of document : PDF\
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source : [Defence Force](http://www.defence-force.org)
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- title: ORIC ATMOS & ORIC-1 - GRAPHICS AND MACHINE CODE TECHNIQUES
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url: http://www.1000bit.net/support/manuali/manuali.asp
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cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/oric-1-atmos_geoff-philips_1.jpg
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text: |-
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[**ORIC ATMOS & ORIC-1 - GRAPHICS AND MACHINE CODE TECHNIQUES**](http://www.1000bit.net/support/manuali/manuali.asp)written by Geoff Phillips
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compiled/archived by Geoff Phillips\
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type of document : PDF\
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source : [1000Bit](http://www.1000bit.net/)
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- title: MANUEL D'UTILISATION DU SEDORIC (FRENCH)
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url: http://www.defence-force.org/computing/oric/library/lib_dos/manuel_microdisc_et_sedoric/index.htm
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cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/oric_microdsic-manuel.jpg
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text: |-
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[**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
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type of document : HTML\
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source : [Defence Force](http://www.defence-force.org)
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- title: MICODISC MANUAL
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url: http://www.defence-force.org/computing/oric/library/lib_dos/index.htm
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cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/oric_microdisc_manual.jpg
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text: |-
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[**MICODISC MANUAL**](http://www.defence-force.org/computing/oric/library/lib_dos/index.htm)written by Oric Products International Limited
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type of document : PDF\
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source : [Defence Force](http://www.defence-force.org)
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- title: ORIC MCP-40 COLOUR PRINTER OPERATION MANUAL
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url: /media/museum/docs/oric_printer-mcp40_manual.pdf
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cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/oric_mcp40_manual.jpg
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text: |-
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[**ORIC MCP-40 COLOUR PRINTER OPERATION MANUAL**](/media/museum/docs/oric_printer-mcp40_manual.pdf)written by Oric Products International Limited
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type of document : PDF\
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source : [Defence Force](http://www.defence-force.org)
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related:
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- /museum/oric-1
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- /museum/oric-atmos
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oc_id: 1186
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source:
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url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230529181737/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1186
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date: '2023-05-29'
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The NOVA 64 seems to be a legal copy of the Oric Atmos for the Yugoslavian market.
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Here is what the Oric FAQ by Jim Groom says :
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*"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."*
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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).
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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.
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Thanks to Ranko Vukcevic for the pictures.
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<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>
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