[vcf-midatlantic] NABU teardown

Ian Litchfield kd2ixl at gmail.com
Thu Dec 8 18:12:46 UTC 2022


I will bring mine, I will be making the cable for it today or tomorrow to
talk to the internet server.

On Thu, Dec 8, 2022 at 12:05 Andrew Diller <dillera at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>
> >>
>
>


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