General Information

Serial #

30612064

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING, PARTS/ SYNTHETIC FRONT PANEL, SCREEN

Dimensions

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

Length

41.4 cm

Width

37.6 cm

Height

33.8 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

1983+

Canada

NABU NETWORK WAS 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

THIS TERMINAL WAS INPUT-OUTPUT DEVICE WHICH TRANSMITTED & RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM COMPUTER. IT FUNCTIONED AS USER COMPONENT OF ONE WAY COMPUTER NETWORK & RECEIVED PROGRAMMING FROM CENTRAL MINICOMPUTER VIA CABLEVISION LINES.

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 LOCAL PRECURSOR TO 1990'S INTERNET.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

BLACK & METALLIC PLATE WITH RAISED LETTERING READING "NABU 4404"/ LABEL ON BACK READS "NABU/ NABU Manufacturing/ Corporation/ COMMERCIAL TERMINALS/ OTTAWA, CANADA/ MODEL VC4404 SERIAL 30612064/ OPTIONS B&W/ MANUFACTURED MTH 05 YR 83/ 120 V 1.60 Hz"; HAND INCISED "900-111-236" ON FRONT PANELCASING

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

TEXTURED BUFF PAINTED CASING WITH BLACK FRONT PANEL/ BLACK PAINTED CHASSIS/ BLACK POWER CORD

Decoration

N/A