NABU Unboxing and Setup
When DJ came back to Calgary he brought a surprise with him. It's a new-in-box NABU from the 80s just for me! I'm a lucky man! love
I am going to unbox it, set it up, and start running it. It's gonna to be fun! Cross your fingers that it still works after being in a box for 40 years
And let's hope there aren't any cockroaches inside
If you're not familiar with NABU computers, it's a really cool story, here's the description from https://nabu.ca/
(Natural Access to Bi-directional Utilities)
A personal home computer was released to consumers in 1982 to connect families and businesses on a worldwide network. Founded in Ottawa, Canada, in 1982, families and schools used cable TV modems to connect NABU PCs to a country-wide network. In addition to standard PC capabilities, the NABU computer could download software and information content through the cable feed. Applications included games, programming languages, and news.
It'll be exciting to now be an official part of the NABU community! There have been so many cool things going on with the NABU recently, check out DJ's playlist to get the whole story: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNT_tjSHIQ3lGJR_zOqh9gGeHzykR0spq
NABU computers run in DJ's blood!
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So back on topic and the obvious question where do you actually get a NABU. There are some on eBay but they are in US and somehow I wonder why someone in Canada would have to import a Canadian computer into Canada from the US. https://www.ebay.com/itm/394580132296
oh i've seen that Sinclair robot video years ago. i did a trtlbot program on the NABU to control a robot as well
The story about the NABU being resurrected is because the units were discovered in the USA at some guy's farm. He's the one selling them. Until November 2022, there were only a few dozen NABU's in the world. I had a few, and others had one or two - that was it. They may have been from Ottawa, but the company went bankrupt in 1986. Read more here: https://nabu.ca
Your only option is to get it from the seller on eBay
Nink check this out. I received my first retro donation from a fan - it has to be the most 70’s computer ever. I don’t know much about it but I hope to learn!
Nice an Exidy Sorcerer. They also sold them in Australia. Hope it boots.
The guy that sent it has several mods to it. Wires everywhere and some not connected. I asked for more info to get a better idea for diagnosing. Also it looks like some of the ram has been swapped so there might have been issues in the past.
it’s generating a video output. I haven’t connected it to a crt yet. Maybe this weekend!
Ahh. The good old days. You could actually work on those circuit boards with simple soldering equipment. None of annoying Rohs stuff of today. I miss that.