It was also broadcast on the computer television show ComputerTreff [de] on the Bavarian TV network Bayerisches Fernsehen (BFS).

The computer's hardware was provided by Graf Elektronik System in Kempten, and sold at an electronics store in Detmold.

The company Fischertechnik also produced a robot kit, which was one of the most comprehensive 32-bit programming language applications at the time.

The NKC was built with several different hardware configurations, from a simple 8-bit single-board computer based on a Zilog Z80A processor to a 32-bit system equipped with a Motorola 68020 CPU.

Systems could be customized to handle many different peripherals including PS/2 keyboard, 3½-inch floppy disks, IDE-hard drives and modern storage.