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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. | 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. | ||
[[Image:NTM TELE-TKU-8019 NORD-2B_05 Front.jpg |300px | thumb | Front view of the NORD-2B in the Telemuseum collection.]] | [[Image:NTM TELE-TKU-8019 NORD-2B_05 Front.jpg |300px | thumb | Front view of the NORD-2B in the Telemuseum collection.]] | ||
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This is a first shot at a list of remaining machines. Also machines that is known to be lost will be listed to make it easier to locate remaining ones. We don't have any production numbers yet. | This is a first shot at a list of remaining machines. Also machines that is known to be lost will be listed to make it easier to locate remaining ones. We don't have any production numbers yet. | ||
* [[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 | * [[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> | ||
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* [[NORD-20]] | |||
==Sources== | |||
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* Physical manuals in the [https://sites.google.com/site/tingox/nd_documentation collection of Tingo] | |||
** 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)] | |||
** 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)] | |||
[[Category:NORD-2B hardware]] | [[Category:NORD-2B hardware]] | ||
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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.
Year of introduction: Possibly 1970, or at least development finishing in 1970. From an article: "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." Also, the NORD-2B Hardware Manual is dated December 1970.
From "Shipping World and Shipbuilder", 1972: "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."
Remaining machines
This is a first shot at a list of remaining machines. Also machines that is known to be lost will be listed to make it easier to locate remaining ones. We don't have any production numbers yet.
- NORD-2B serial 05, unknown condition but looks nice from the outside. In the collection of Telemuseum.[1]
See also
Sources
- Physical manuals in the collection of Tingo
- NORD-2B - Hardware Manual - Volume 1 - Logic Diagrams (December 1970) (pdf) (pdf with OCR)
- NORD-2B - I/O System (March 1971) (pdf) (pdf with OCR)