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The Galaxy 1, from Amersham-based Gemini Microcomputers, was a Z80 - or actually twin Z80 - microcomputer which was based around the company's older multiboard systems.

These were built around the Nascom Nasbus (later renamed to 80-bus) and as such the Galaxy 1 was considered as offering an upgrade path for the many owners of Nascom boards and micros[source: https://nascom.wordpress.com/gemini/]. 

Nascom had gone bust in 1982, although its remains were bought by Lucas Industries, which continued selling the Nascom 2 in a nice case, calling it <a href="adve_031">the Nascom 3</a>.

Although apparently aimed at the office/business market - it came with a "compact but very powerful word processing package" - the other software that shipped with the Galaxy 1 seemed aimed more at developers, with a Z80 assembler editor and a machine-code monitor.

Otherwise, it was a fairly standard Z80 system of the time (and from several years before that), with dual floppies, CP/M 2.2 and 64K. It did stray off the path slightly with its use of COMAL-80 - the improved structured-programming version of BASIC.

It retailed for £1,450 plus VAT, or about [[1667|1982]] in [[now]].