NABU PC Personal Computer from 1984 in 2022 New Old Stock Complete In Box - Geek With Social Skills

On November 15, 2022 I was given a heads up about some retro New Old Stock vintage NABU Personal Computers for sale via eBay and ordered one the following day. Fast forward to November 26, 2022 Adrian's Digital Basement posted a video about the NABU PC on his channel, then the vintage NABU computer frenzy began!

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.

The NABU PC and NABU Network was said to be ahead of its time, described as the internet, before the internet.

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--- Video Index

0:00 - Intro: New Old Stock NABU Personal Computer from 1984 in 2022 1:34 - How did I find out about the NABU PC eBay sale? 3:13 - What are the specifications for the NABU Personal Computer? 3:20 - Motherboard with Zilog Z80A @ 3.58MHz Z80 processor, 64 KB RAM (8 HM4864P-2 chips) 3:33 - 4/8K EPROM - jumper select 4K or 8K (eBay units comes with 4K ROM) 3:46 - TMS-9918 NTSC video display chip with 16 KB Video RAM (8 TMS4116-15NL chips) 4:05 - Graphics resolution 256 x 92, text 40 x 24, 32 sprite planes, 15 colors plus transparent 4:19 - AY-3-8910 Sound Generator design by General Instrument in 1978 4:33 - The AY-3-8910 was also used in arcade games, consoles and other retro computers 4:58 - Fun Fact: The Mockingboard and Cricket sound cards for Apple II computers also use the AY-3-8910 Sound Generator 5:20 - Who and what was the NABU PC and NABU Network company in Ottawa, Canada? 5:48 - How did the NABU Network actually work back in 1982? 6:27 - Sadly in 1986 the NABU Network went away, however in December 2022 it's been reborn! 6:32 - Thanks to DJ Sures and Leo Binkowski (NABU Developer from the 1980s) NABU Network is alive again 7:10 - Some New Old Stock NABU PC's have power supply fan issues to be aware of 8:22 - Listen to my NABU fan before I fixed it, then after my quick fix repair 8:40 - Fixing the NABU PC power supply fan from making noise and rubbing inside the shroud 9:36 - Checking out the mechanical NABU keyboard with Alps SKCC series switches 9:53 - The NABU has two DB9 joystick controller ports like the Atari 2600 and Commodore 64 10:14 - NABU PC rear panel and all the connector ports 10:44 - First boot: My NABU PC connected up and using my laptop as a gateway to the 2022 NABU Network Server 12:18 - Viewing the NABU Network Category Menu 12:43 - Using the NABU menu shortcut option and load Pac-Man 13:06 - Playing the NABU Pac-Man port done by Leo Binkowski in the 1980s 15:25 - Resetting the NABU PC back to the NABU Network Category Menu 15:50 - Selecting DJ Sures RetroNET online chat program via my laptop server 16:00 - Power cycling the NABU Personal Computer before loading NABU RetroNET chat 16:25 - Chatting in real time on December 21, 2022 with peeps on RetroNET online NABU chat 20:16 - Outro

--- Video Links

Adrian's The 80s computer you've never heard of: The NABU PC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLYjZoShjy0

NABU PC eBay seller: https://www.ebay.com/fdbk/feedback_profile/pellmill-llc

Original NABU software developer Leo Binkowski's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@leo.binkowski/

DJ Sures YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@DJSures/

NABU RetroNET website: https://nabu.ca/

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