Month: November 2023

Former NABU  employees tell stories about this ingenious Canadian made computer from the 80’s.

Streaming Saturday, December 16 at 6:30PM EST on VCF’s YouTube channel. This will be a moderated discussion by Jeffrey Brace.

Confirmed speakers:

• Leo Binkowski – NABU Developer
• DJ Sures – Executive and son of the founder of NABU
• John Shortt – Director of Content Development, formerly Games Development Manager, author of Flashcards and one of the major developers for Dig Dug, as well as Manager’s Baseball)
• Donna Shortt – Education software Developer, responsible for Seasonal Gardening and NABU Basic
• Tim Ranger, author of Laser Attack and Leo and he also made Q*Bert
• Eric Mesdag, Engineering Developer, author of MACBETH and one of the main NABU Cable IOS developers
• MK Marsden – NABU marketing
• Ed Myers – NABU Educational Marketing
• Bob McNally – former NABU sales and later Director of Operations of NABU
• Warren Belkin, developer of the original NABU Main Menu, and my inspiration for buying a motorcycle
• Bill Bourne – NABU Engineering. Was involved in so many details about the hardware
• Mike Slinn – one of the two people that designed and built the NABU prototype boards that were used inside the NABU 1100 before they had a NABU PC
• And more!

Educational technology in the 70’s and 80’s.

Streaming Saturday, November 11 at 6:30PM EST on VCF’s YouTube channel. This will be a moderated discussion by Jeffrey Brace who will ask them questions about how they used early computers to teach students. Questions will be taken from the public.