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foobar@lemmy.villa-straylight.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

2,200 Forgotten Vintage Computers Are Being Liberated From a Barn in Massachusetts

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2,200 Forgotten Vintage Computers Are Being Liberated From a Barn in Massachusetts

www.vice.com

foobar@lemmy.villa-straylight.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago
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The NABU Network was an obscure, forgotten part of Canadian tech history—until the day the internet noticed that thousands of NABU machines were being sold on eBay at rock-bottom prices.
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    Very cool read, had never heard of these computers before

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    Are they all gone? I can’t find them on eBay.

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      They’re gone. The YouTube link in the article was from 7 months ago.

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    Dang. I would love to read some txt files on there. Wonder if anyone will find any diaries.

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