Get Started With The NABU PC Computer
Guides to getting your NABU PC running or emulated on your computer.
The Canadian NABU Personal Computer is one of the most fascinating machines to come out of the early 1980s—combining home computing with a cable-based online network long before the modern internet. Today, thanks to emulation, preserved software, and a small but passionate community, you can experience the NABU platform exactly as it was intended.
This guide gives you two ways to get started: one requires no special hardware and runs entirely on your computer, while the other lets you use an original NABU console with modern tools and adapters. Choose the path that fits your setup and interests.
Emulate NABU On a PC
The NABU computer is emulated on your PC. Don't have a NABU PC, no problem! Choose this if you want the fastest, easiest, and most accessible way to try the NABU. It runs on modern Windows/Mac/Linux machines and recreates the exact NABU experience in software, including loading software through the NABU Internet Adapter.
Use a Real NABU
We call this "running on the metal". For the lucky owners of the world's remaining 2,500 NABU Computers! Do you love original hardware? You can run a real NABU Personal Computer exactly as it was intended—connected to modern software servers that emulate the 1980s cable network.