[vcf-midatlantic] NABU teardown

[Andrew Diller]

Is anyone planning on bringing a NABU to Festivus? I would love to play with it in the game room...

-andy


> On Dec 8, 2022, at 4:51 AM, Ian Litchfield via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
> 
> Yes! As of last night the NABU network is fully up and running!
> 
> I have been following along with all the videos of it.
> 
> https://youtu.be/6Lg4CCjnaE0
> 
> This is the latest video announcing that it’s up and how to connect.
> 
> Big thanks to DJ and others in the community worked hard to get this to
> this point.
> 
> I have received my NABU yesterday and I am just waiting on an RS422 adapter
> now to connect.
> 
> -Ian L.
> 
> On Wed, Dec 7, 2022 at 20:04 Alexander Jacocks via vcf-midatlantic <
> vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
> 
>> Quick Nabu update:
>> 
>> The guy working to recreate the Nabu network has succeeded:
>> 
>> https://nabu.ca/
>> 
>> I'll provide more details when I receive mine.
>> 
>> - Alex
>> 
>> On Tue, Nov 29, 2022 at 3:01 PM Martin Flynn via vcf-midatlantic <
>> vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> With the transition to fiber, there is unused CATV coax between the
>>> makerspace & hotel, and soon the Makerspace and 9010.
>>> 
>>> If asked nicely,  the usual suspects can pull RG-11 between 9010 and
>>> 9036 when the 10GB fiber goes in....
>>> 
>>> On 11/29/2022 12:01 PM, Douglas Crawford via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Might the installed base of vintage computer users of the system
>>>> end up larger than the user base when originally released?
>>>> :-O
>>>> 
>>>> Precursors to the internet are going to be interesting
>>>> footnotes... worthy of museum consideration...!
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 11/27/2022 12:32 PM, Alexander Jacocks via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
>>>>> I purchased one, at the eBay price. Also bought a NABU adapter, for
>>>>> possible hacking.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I love seeing the community doing work like this. Also FYI, the family
>>>>> member of several of the key NABU engineers is working on the project
>> to
>>>>> get the network emulator working here:
>>>>> 
>>>>> https://youtu.be/FFaWJu3hDP4
>>>>> 
>>>>> That video is some corporate history, that I thought folks here might
>> be
>>>>> interested in. There are some others documenting his progress.
>>>>> 
>>>>> - Alex
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Sun, Nov 27, 2022 at 10:29 AM Chris Fala via vcf-midatlantic <
>>>>> vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Did anyone take advantage of the $20 deal and have extras? I am
>>>>>> considering taking advantage of the eBay listing but of course I
>> would
>>>>>> prefer one third the price. ;-)
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Chris
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Nov 27, 2022, at 9:26 AM, Ian Litchfield via vcf-midatlantic <
>>>>>> vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> About 50 of the NABUs sold each hour after the video released.
>> Adrian
>>>>>> Black
>>>>>> is a pretty big YouTuber and garnered a lot of attention to the
>>>>>> listing.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> https://www.ebay.com/itm/394352064883
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> It looks like there aren’t many left, unless the seller is going to
>>>>>> relist
>>>>>> more
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> They aren’t the 20 dollar local pickup from Craigslist anymore, but
>> 60
>>>>>> dollars is still cheap enough. I picked one up in the hopes that
>>>>>> someone
>>>>>> much smarter than I helps with porting CP/M or other software.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> -Ian Litchfield
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Sun, Nov 27, 2022 at 09:07 Duane Craps via vcf-midatlantic <
>>>>>> vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Another tear-down of the NABU:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLYjZoShjy0
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> In the comments the seller said that he is selling a lot after the
>>>>>>> video
>>>>>>> came out,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> DuaneCraps
>>>>>>> sdɐɹɔ ǝuɐnp
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>> 
>>