The Nimbus range of computers was sold by the British company Research Machines and was a competitor to Acorn's range of computers, especially in the education market. RM released their own version of the BBC Domesday system based on the RM Nimbus equipped with a SASI interface card and a Philips VP415 laserdisc player. The system was based on the same BCPL software (as per the Acorn implementation), however it required a Nimbus specific BCPL environment that was supplied on floppy along with the Domesday laserdiscs. There is currently only one known complete system that belongs to the Centre for Computing History<\/a> in Cambridge who have kindly supplied a copy of the documentation for the system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To download the Nimbus version of the AIV manual please use the link below. Note that this document is basically the same as the AIV manual supplied with the Acorn-based Domesday system apart from the cover and a few mentions of Nimbus instead of Acorn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n RM NIMBUS Interactive Video System For Domesday discs PN 16487<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The following zip file contains the required boot floppy disc image for the RM Nimbus system (in IMA format suitable for emulation):<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nimbus IV EcoDisc Notes<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Overview The Nimbus range of computers was sold by the British company Research Machines and was a competitor to Acorn’s range of computers, especially in the education market. RM released their own version of the BBC Domesday system based on the RM Nimbus equipped with a SASI interface card and a Philips VP415 laserdisc player. The system was based on Continue reading RM Nimbus Domesday System<\/span>AIV Manual<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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