General Information

Serial #

5140

Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING WITH SYNTHETIC DISK HOLDER & LEVER/ METAL & SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS/ RUBBER FEET

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

38.0 cm

Width

15.1 cm

Height

9.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Computing Technology

Category

Digital peripheral devices

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Nabu

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Ottawa

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1984-1986

Canada

PART OF UNSUCCESSFUL CANADIAN INITIATIVE IN COMPUTER INDUSTRY. IN 1981 GROUP OF HIGH TECH COMPANIES IN OTTAWA AREA AMALGAMATED TO FORM NABU MFG. CORP. NABU NETWORK WENT ON LINE IN 1982 IN OTTAWA AREA VIA LOCAL CABLEVISION COMPANIES BUT PLANNED EXPANSION NEVER OCCURRED; NABU CEASED OPERATIONS IN 1986 DUE TO PROBLEMS IN ACQUIRING SOFTWARE & LOW SUBSCRIPTION RATE.

Function

AUXILIARY DATA STORAGE DEVICE USED FOR LARGE QUANTITY AND/OR LONG TERM STORAGE ON MAGNETIC DISK. THIS EXAMPLE WAS USED TO EXPAND MEMORY OF MICROCOMPUTER WHICH SERVED AS USER COMPONENT IN ONE-WAY BROADCAST COMPUTER NETWORK VIA CABLEVISION; IT PROVIDED USER WITH OWN DATA STORAGE & SPACE INDEPENDENT OF CENTRAL COMPUTER.

Technical

PART OF NOVEL CONCEPT INTENDED TO PROVIDE HOME COMPUTER USERS WITH LOW COST ACCESS TO WIDE RANGE OF COMPUTER SOFTWARE. IT WAS OVERTAKEN BY RAPID IMPROVEMENT IN PERSONAL COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY, SUCH AS IBM PC & APPLE MACINTOSH. NABU MIGHT BE SEEN AS FORESHADOWING 1990'S INTERNET.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

LABEL ON BACK READS 'NABU/ NABU/ NETWORK/ Corporation/ NABU FLOPPY DISK/ MODEL NFD-1 Part No. 90036490/ Serial No. 05140/ MADE IN CANADA'/ BLACK LABEL ON FRONT READS IN WHITE 'NABU/ DRIVE-A'/ LABEL ON UNDERSIDE OF DISK DRIVE READS 'THE/ NABU/ NETWORK/ For general information: call 523-6228/ For equipment services call: Ottawa Cablevision 725-3592/ Skyline Cablevision 731-7174'

Missing

ORIGINALLY USED WITH NABU NPC-2 COMPUTER (NOT COLLECTED) -SEE 910391

Finish

TEXTURED DARK GREY PAINTED CASING, TEXTURED DARK GREY DISK DRIVE ACCESS & LEVER/ GREY POWER CORD WITH METALLIC CONNECTOR/ BLACK FEET

Decoration

N/A