General Information

Serial #

1170

Part Number

1

Total Parts

5

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 METAL CASING & CHASSIS, PARTS; SYNTHETIC CONTROLS, POWER CORD, PARTS/ CARDBOARD BOX

Dimensions

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

Length

47.1 cm

Width

30.0 cm

Height

9.6 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Computing Technology

Category

Digital computing devices

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Nabu

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Ottawa

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

CIRCA 1983-1986 AS PART OF NABU NETWORK

Canada

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 RATES.

Function

A PROGRAMMABLE MACINE THAT ACCEPTS & PROCESSES DATA. IT CONTAINS A MICROPROCESSOR & IS USED BY INDIVIDUAL FOR PERSONAL PURPOSES. SPECIFICALLY, THIS PERSONAL COMPUTER FUNCTIONED AS HOME USER COMPONENT OF ONE WAY COMPUTER NETWORK & RECEIVED PROGRAMMING FROM CENTRAL MINICOMPUTER VIA CABLEVISION LINES.

Technical

A NOVEL CONCEPT, INTENDED TO PROVIDE HOME COMPUTER USERS WITH LOW COST ACCESS TO WIDE RANGE OF COMPUTER SOFTWARE. IT WAS OVERTAKEN BY RAPID IMPROVEMENTS 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 UNDERSIDE READING 'NABU/ NABU MANUFACTURING/ CORPORATION/ NABU PERSONAL COMPUTER/ 'PROCESSOR UNIT'/ MODEL NPC-2 PART NUMBER 90022900/ SERIAL NUMBER: 001179/ Volts 115V Amps 8 Hz 60/ MADE IN KOREA'; WHITE 'NABU PERSONAL COMPUTER' ON FRONT; BLACK LETTERING FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS ON BACK/ WHITE LETTERING ON FRONT FOR CONTROLS

Missing

TERMINAL INTERFACE THAT ACCESSED CABLE NETWORK/ MONITOR WAS USER'S TELEVISION

Finish

TEXTURED DARK GREY PAINTED CASING; METALLIC CHASSIS; BLACK CONTROLS, POWER CORD, PARTS/ NATURAL CARDBOARD BOX

Decoration

WHITE NABU LOGO ON FRONT/ BLUE NABU LOGO ON BOX WITH BLACK LETTERING READING 'NABU/PERSONAL/ COMPUTER', 'NABU MANUFACTURING/ CORPORATION/ OTTAWA CANADA', 'DATE CODE OCT. 1983', 'SUPPLIER/001210'; LABEL READING 'NPC SERIAL #: 0001179/ KB SERIAL #: 0001338'