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Little is known about the '''NORD-2B'''. It appears to have specs similar to the [[NORD-1]], with 4kw - 16kw core memory. It was a simplified and less costly version of the NORD-1. A substantial number of NORD-2B computers were installed at CERN in Geneve, and also at various Norwegian sites. One of these was Norway's National Centre for Epilepsy (named "Statens Senter for Epilepsi" at the time). In a pioneering application the NORD-2B was used to process live electroencephalography (EEG) signals from patients to automatically detect and quantify certain types of epileptic seizures.<br />
[[Image:NTM TELE-TKU-8019 NORD-2B_05 Front.jpg |300px | thumb | Front view of the NORD-2B in the Telemuseum collection.]]<br />
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Year of introduction: Possibly [[1970]], or at least development finishing in 1970. From an article:<br />
"In 1970, ND teamed with Siemens and obtained a contract to build a packet-switching network (based on Norsk Data's new ''Nord 2B'' machines) for the Norwegian Air Force Supply Service."<br />
Also, the [[User:Tingo/Documentation#NORD-2B|NORD-2B Hardware Manual]] is dated December 1970.<br />
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From "Shipping World and Shipbuilder", 1972: <br />
"Two NORD 2B computers (each with a 16k memory) communicate with each other through a data channel (ACM) and are connected to the process through a common I/O system. This makes it possible to run PAC functions on both computers."<br />
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==Remaining machines==<br />
This is a first shot at a list of remaining machines. Also machines that are known to be lost will be listed to make it easier to locate remaining ones. We don't have any production numbers yet.<br />
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* [[NORD-2B serial 05]], unknown condition but looks nice from the outside. In the collection of Telemuseum.<ref>[https://digitaltmuseum.no/021028022241/datautstyr NORD-2B in the collection of Telemuseum, marked 8019]</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[NORD-20]]<br />
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==Sources==<br />
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* Physical manuals in the [https://sites.google.com/site/tingox/nd_documentation collection of Tingo]<br />
** NORD-2B - Hardware Manual - Volume 1 - Logic Diagrams (December 1970) [https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2Sc5Qa5d_tLc2VaU1kzeEp4YVU (pdf)] [http://www.home.neab.net/ND-library/00-Unnumbered/05-Early%20manuals/NORD-2B_Hardware_Manual_Volume_I_Logic_Diagrams_December_1970-Tingo-OCR.pdf (pdf with OCR)]<br />
** NORD-2B - I/O System (March 1971) [https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2Sc5Qa5d_tLZTJmVEpmdGtlZUU (pdf)] [http://www.home.neab.net/ND-library/00-Unnumbered/05-Early%20manuals/NORD-2B_I_O_System_March_1971-Tingo-OCR.pdf (pdf with OCR)]<br />
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<div>{{stub}}<br />
Little is known about the '''NORD-2B'''. It appears to have specs similar to the [[NORD-1]], with 4kw - 16kw core memory. It was a simplified and less costly version of the NORD-1. A substantial number of NORD-2B computers were installed at CERN in Geneve, and also at various Norwegian sites.<br />
[[Image:NTM TELE-TKU-8019 NORD-2B_05 Front.jpg |300px | thumb | Front view of the NORD-2B in the Telemuseum collection.]]<br />
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Year of introduction: Possibly [[1970]], or at least development finishing in 1970. From an article:<br />
"In 1970, ND teamed with Siemens and obtained a contract to build a packet-switching network (based on Norsk Data's new ''Nord 2B'' machines) for the Norwegian Air Force Supply Service."<br />
Also, the [[User:Tingo/Documentation#NORD-2B|NORD-2B Hardware Manual]] is dated December 1970.<br />
<br />
From "Shipping World and Shipbuilder", 1972: <br />
"Two NORD 2B computers (each with a 16k memory) communicate with each other through a data channel (ACM) and are connected to the process through a common I/O system. This makes it possible to run PAC functions on both computers."<br />
<br />
==Remaining machines==<br />
This is a first shot at a list of remaining machines. Also machines that are known to be lost will be listed to make it easier to locate remaining ones. We don't have any production numbers yet.<br />
<br />
* [[NORD-2B serial 05]], unknown condition but looks nice from the outside. In the collection of Telemuseum.<ref>[https://digitaltmuseum.no/021028022241/datautstyr NORD-2B in the collection of Telemuseum, marked 8019]</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[NORD-20]]<br />
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==Sources==<br />
<references/><br />
* Physical manuals in the [https://sites.google.com/site/tingox/nd_documentation collection of Tingo]<br />
** NORD-2B - Hardware Manual - Volume 1 - Logic Diagrams (December 1970) [https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2Sc5Qa5d_tLc2VaU1kzeEp4YVU (pdf)] [http://www.home.neab.net/ND-library/00-Unnumbered/05-Early%20manuals/NORD-2B_Hardware_Manual_Volume_I_Logic_Diagrams_December_1970-Tingo-OCR.pdf (pdf with OCR)]<br />
** NORD-2B - I/O System (March 1971) [https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2Sc5Qa5d_tLZTJmVEpmdGtlZUU (pdf)] [http://www.home.neab.net/ND-library/00-Unnumbered/05-Early%20manuals/NORD-2B_I_O_System_March_1971-Tingo-OCR.pdf (pdf with OCR)]<br />
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