Lazarus Archive · LZ-07170

NovaCAD

Dunlin Computing, 1987. Application software for Unix workstations.

Description

An architectural drawing program for Unix workstations, written by Dunlin Computing for builders.

Provenance

Rescued from a skip outside a former office in Sandwick. The tape was sticky with binder breakdown and was baked at low temperature before a single careful read. The image matches a checksum published by the original distributor.

Preservation

Fixity (SHA-256)
73b0690bca1256ff9ed4d90970539f74257f7e54ea6b4a36a7bc57a7611e47ec
Last verified
Oct 21, 2026, by Vigil
Emulation profile
LZE-UNIX-5 · lz-risc core
Copies
Three, on two kinds of storage, in two cities
Original carriers
Kept in cold storage in Vancouver

Access

Free, in the Lazarus reading room in Vancouver and in partner reading rooms.

In the reading room it runs in emulation under profile LZE-UNIX-5, from a read-only copy of the recovered image, as it would have on Unix workstations.

Cite as: Dunlin Computing, NovaCAD (1987). Lazarus Archive, LZ-07170.

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