Manufactured by a Canadian company in the 1980s, these PCs were originally designed as part of a telephone exchange system using the Z80 processor architecture. Massachusetts resident James Pellegrini, who has kept these personal computers for over 30 years, sparked a stir in the retro developer community when he decided to sell them for an affordable price on eBay.
Connected to cable television networks and operating as a diskless system, NABU PCs provide software and games over the network instead of installation discs.
Although NABU was ahead of its time with its download and upload capabilities, it succumbed to more modern trends in processor architecture and closed in 1986. Pellegrini bought 2,200 NABU computer shares at a low cost during the company’s bankruptcy.
Enthusiasts are already developing new software, with an increasing number of people participating in efforts to rebuild the old NABU network.
Source: Ferra
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