[vcf-midatlantic] NABU teardown

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On 12/8/2022 1:18 PM, Douglas Crawford via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
> Wow this was some amazing work bringing that
> system back "on-line".  It would be great to see it.

I don't want to take away from the gifted folks working on the units 
currently, but I do wish the community was more aware of the York 
University folks that brought the system back "on-linke" years ago:

https://museum.eecs.yorku.ca/nabu

In 2009, it looks like.  They implemented an emulator, got the system 
up, and they were provided the original files in ~2010, according to the 
link.  I believe these are the same files being used in these new videos 
and work efforts.

Again, kudos for the current efforts, but I feel the York folks should 
get a bunch of credit for archiving the original files and creating the 
emulator.

Jim


>
>
> 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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