Lazarus Archive · LZ-32851

NimbusLayout 5.2

Karin Hughes, 1992. Application software for the Amstrad CPC.

Description

A desktop publishing program for the Amstrad CPC, sold to schools by Karin Hughes.

Provenance

Transferred from the backlog of unread media at a partner archive. The tape was sticky with binder breakdown and was baked at low temperature before a single careful read. All files were recovered; 55 damaged sectors were rebuilt from redundant data.

Preservation

Fixity (SHA-256)
e4470157ef7aff6c0027941f9e5f984dec77ab44b6d9cac5fb5f40da257ad20f
Last verified
Aug 27, 2026, by Vigil
Emulation profile
LZE-CPC-5 · lz-z80 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. Copies may be taken away under the work’s license.

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

Cite as: Karin Hughes, NimbusLayout 5.2 (1992). Lazarus Archive, LZ-32851.

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