Cerilica Nucleus

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Introduction

Cerilica announced the Nucleus in 1999:

The Cerilica Nucleus was intended from the outset to cater for the professional and semi-professional design and publishing market. It is not a product that is aimed at satisfying users of any particular platform, but rather to provide a quick, easy and efficient method to complete a set design and publishing task.

With so many computer systems attempting to attract a complete spectrum of users, it is an intentionally refreshing change to enable a system to be focused once more at a specific area — one that it will be able to have great success in. All of the energy channelled into this product will be done so to aid the user whilst producing or manipulating graphics and then committing them to ink or screen.

Nucleus will remain a low volume product by its very nature and Cerilica intends to take complete advantage of this fantastic situation. A whole range of options will be made available which would be otherwise unfeasible on mass production lines, from the case colour, finish and even size, through to individual software and hardware setups that will cater exactly for the specific customer as soon as it's unpackaged.

The case design and fabrication is one of the most unique of any computer. Physcially large in order to house as much equipment as could reasonably be required and agressively styled, Nucleus was not designed to be hidden out of view. With its beautifully laser cut 4mm aluminium side plates, gloriously anodised corner extrusions and sturdy metal chassis, plastic is taboo word. Even the flamboyant large red starter button is machined out of solid aluminium. All this is possible by not being tempted to save pennies at every opportunity. Nucleus is over-engineered on purpose. It is designed to last.

The prototype was completed and shown at the 2000 Wakefield RISC OS show to much acclaim. Although it was not quite finished, it contained one of the five prototype Imago boards. Unfortunately delays in completing the Millipede Imago motherboard put the project on hold and it was eventually abandoned.

In 2003 the prototype case was auctioned on ebay.

Manuals and documents

None

Nucleus

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Cerilica Nucleus (from Cerilica Website)

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Cerilica Nucleus at RISC OS 2000 show

Specification:

The following specification is taken from the Cerilica website in 1999/2000:

The following specification is not set in stone, but is an accurate description of what the Nucleus is likely to be supplied with in basic form. Please see the Nucleus Options page for details of just how far Cerilica is willing to ensure that the product you purchase is right for you.