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Net Products was set up in 1996 by Hermann Hauser to produce an OEM version of the Acorn NetStation NC for NetChannel. NetChannel was the UK subsiduary of a US company planning to offer Internet acces on the TV via a Set Top Box and telephone line.
Since the NetProducts NetStation was designed for use with NetChannel which was closed down by NTL (now VirginMedia) some time ago, I suspect that this information is of purely historic value.
Here is the NetStation QuickStart Guide.
Here is the NetStation Users Guide .
Here are some pictures of the NetProducts NetStation:
NetProducts NetStation box
NetProducts NetStation box open
NetProducts NetStation initial screen
Netproducts NetStation Administration Versions screen
This is the Administration Version screen showing the versions of the NC software. Note the smart card inserted i the front of the NetStation.
NetProducts NetStation (front)
Netproducts NetStation (back)
The back of the NetStation showing the modem on the left, and from left to right the printer port, the PS/2 mouse and keybaord ports, the Audio L&R out, mic and TV/video out, the VGA monitor port and the power in.
NetProducts NetStation (bottom)
Netproducts NetStation with top cover removed
You can see the Modem on the right, the SmartCard reader in the middle front, the 8MB EDO DIMM in the middle, the large square ARM7500FE CPU on the left middle with the 2 NC OS 1.06 ROMs below. Along the back you can see the I/O ports
Netproducts NetStation RC1 remote control
Specifications:
Serial No. | NS1-MUKP48E-000146-A1A2 |
Unique identity | n/a |
Motherboard | NC 1 Main Board Reference Design |
Motherboard part no. | 2103,000 Issue 1 |
CPU Type | ARM7500FE |
CPU Model | CL-PS7500FE-QC-A |
CPU Clock | 40MHz |
Memory Controller | ARM7500 (IOMD) |
Memory | 8MB EDO DIMM |
Memory Clock | 16MHz |
Video Controller | ARM7500 (VIDC20) |
NIC | Acorn V34 modem rev 1 |
OS | NCOS 1.06 |
OS Date | 8-Nov-96 |