[vcf-midatlantic] NABU teardown
Douglas Crawford
touchetek at gmail.com
Thu Dec 8 19:18:15 UTC 2022
Wow this was some amazing work bringing that
system back "on-line". It would be great to see it.
On 12/8/2022 12:05 PM, Andrew Diller via vcf-midatlantic 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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