Historic NABU Network Demonstration Event

Saturday, November 21, 2009. 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Link up with experts and discover an early 1980s version of the Internet, designed right here in Ottawa. When it was created, the NABU (Natural Access to Bi-directional Utilities) Network was used to link home computers to cable television networks, thereby allowing information sharing. Visit the Canada Science and Technology Museum for lectures about a new NABU Network reconstruction project currently underway, accompanied by a display of historic NABU hardware and trade literature, and demonstrations.

Following the demonstrations, Zbigniew Stachniak and Scott Campbell will launch their new book Computing in Canada: Building a Digital Future.