Documentation list-Hardware

This is a compilation of documentation about hardware mentioned in the Norsk Data Documentation Catalogue. Links to online resources and references to where copies of the documentation recide should also be included. Known documentation locations is in the library list.

Documentation List

02 : PIOC hardware

ND-02.003 PIOC HARDWARE REFERENCE MANUAL

Short description : PIOC (Programmable Input Output Controller is an ND-100 I/O card with four full duplex serial lines. The hardware is based on an MC 68000 CPU and 128 kbyte ram.

90 pages (6 chapters and 4 appendixes).

ND-02.004 PIOC HARDWARE REFERENCE MANUAL ND-865-867

Same as ND-02.003 but with 256 kword local memory.

60 pages.

05 : NORD-5, NORD-50, NORD-500 CPUs

ND-05.003 NORD-50 REFERENCE MANUAL

Detailed description of the NORD-50 registers and instruction set.

44 pages.

ND-05.007 NORD-50 FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION

Description of the main building blocks of the NORD-50 from a hardware point of view.

163 pages.

ND-05.009 NORD-500 REFERENCE MANUAL

Description of the general design, register and instructions of the ND-500 and the ND-5000 computers. Written for the assembler programmers and system programmers.

300 pages.

Availability :

• A copy is located on the Bitsavers website.

ND-05.010 INTRODUCTION TO ND-500

General description of ND-500 hardware and software.

Not available at the time of printing.

ND-05.011 ND-500 HARDWARE DESCRIPTION

Hardware description at a low level, suitable for service personnel and as course literature for ND-500 hardware courses.

200 pages, 12 chapters and one appendix.

ND-05.012 ND-500 MICROPROGRAMMING GUIDE

Short introduction to microprogramming on ND-500. Suitable for people writing micro code routines.

60 pages.

ND-05.013 ND-500 ARRAY PROCESSING FUNCTIONS

Description of the array processing functions implemented in microcode on ND-500 and ND-570. Knowledge of Fortran is preferred.

75 pages.

ND-05.015 ND-500/2 HARDWARE DESCRIPTION

Hardware description at a low level, suitable for service personnel.

ND-05.020 ND-5000 HARDWARE DESCRIPTION

Hardware description at a low level, suitable for service personnel.

06 : NORD-1, NORD-10, NORD-10/S, NORD-100 CPUs

ND-06.005 NORD-10/NORD-100 COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

Description of the communication hardware in the NORD-10 / NORD-50 system. Describes memory communication. Written for technical and maintenance personnel.

19 pages.

ND-06.007 BIG MULTIPORT MEMORY SYSTEM

Detailed description of the Big Multiport Memory System. Written for technical and maintenance personnel.

113 Pages.

Availability : Original in the collection of Göran, available online.

ND-06.008 NORD-10/S REFERENCE MAUAL

Detailed description of NORD-10/S architecture from a hardware point of view. Written for technical and maintenance personnel.

169 Pages.

ND-06.009 NORD-10/S FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION

Describes the main building blocks in the NORD-10/S. Written for technical and maintenance personnel.

235 Pages.

ND-06.010 NORD-10/S MICROPROGRAM

Detailed description of NORD-10/S microinstructions and the microformat of the macroinstructions. Written for microprogram writers.

80 Pages.

ND-06.012 NORD-10/S INPUT/OUTPUT SYSTEM

Detailed description of NORD-10/S architecture from a hardware point of view. Written for technical and maintenance personnel.

169 Pages.

ND-06.014 ND-100 REFERENCE MANUAL

Description of the main building blocks of the the ND-100. Contains a detailed description of the instruction set. Written for technical and maintenance personnel.

250 Pages.

Versions :

 03/79 ND-06.014.01   First printing
 01/82 ND-06.014.02   Second printing
 01/83 ND-06.014.02   Revision A

Availability :

• A copy is located on the Bitsavers website.
• Göran have original and scanned but no pdf yet. (ND-06.014.02 Revision A)

ND-06.015 ND-100 FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION

Description of the main building blocks of the ND-100 and their functions from a hardware point of view. Written for technical and maintenance personnel.

340 Pages.

Availability :

• A copy is located on the Bitsavers website.

ND-06.016 ND-100 INPUT/OUTPUT SYSTEM

Description of the input / output system architecture of the the ND-100 from a hardware point of view. It gives fundamental design concepts of the I/O system and is good to describe how to connect and program I/O interfaces. Written for technical and maintenance personnel. Recommends the ND-100 Reference Manual and MAC Assembler User's Guide.

222 Pages.

Availability :

• A copy is located on the Bitsavers website.
• Göran have original and scanned but no pdf yet. (ND-06.016.1 EN)

ND-06.017 ND-100 BACKPLANE

Brief description of the backplane used in bus organized systems. Built on a triple Euroboard standard, the bus backplane is mainly oriented towards connecting I/O but also support processing and memory units too. Later versions includes description of ND-110 computers.

18 Pages.

ND-06.018 ND-100 MICROPROGRAMMING

Description of how to microprogram the ND-100 and use the writable control store. Written for technical personnel writing their own microprogram. It also gives a detailed understanding of the ND-100 CPU.

73 Pages.

ND-06.020 INTRODUCTION TO ND-100

An overview of the hardware and software. Gives a generad description of the ND-100 system. Written for people with basic or no computer knowledge.

Not available at time of printing.

ND-06.026 ND-110 Functional Description

Description of the main building blocks of the ND-110 and their functions from a hardware point of view. Written for technical and maintenance personnel.

251 Pages.

Availability : Original in the Teg collection, no scanned version yet.

ND-06.029 ND-110 Instruction Set

A detailed description of the instruction set of the ND-110 CPU.

Availability : Original in the Teg collection, no scanned version yet.

10 : Multiport 4 and 5 system

ND-10.003 TECHNICAL INTRODUCTION TO MULTIPORT 4

Description of the multiport system used in ND-100 and ND-100/ND-500 multiprocessor configurations. It gives some examples of configurations with the new MPM-4 modules. Familiarity with the ND-100 architecture is expected of the reader.

37 Pages.

ND-10.004 MULTIPORT MEMORY 5 TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION

Hardware description of the following MPM-5 products.

 ND-382 RAM 1Mb Memory Module
 ND-383 Twin 16-it Port Module
 ND-384 Line Driver Module
 ND-387 RAM 4Mb Memory Module

It also includes a programmers guide, instructions for start-up and initialization and error messages. Written for service personnel and system and hardware designers.

90 Pages.

ND-10.006 MULTIPORT MEMORY CHANNEL SPECIFICATIONS

An introduction to the Multiport Memory concept in general. Multiport Memory is a shared memory system which expands memory capacity and allows for multiprocessor operation. The manual contains a description of all three models Norsk Data supports. It contains interface descriptions for all three models. Written for service personnel and people who works with Multiport Memory.

40 Pages.

11 : Data storage equipment

ND-11.009 HAWK - DISK SYSTEM

Reference and users guide for the HAWK-disk system. Describes major components and hardware of the system.

133 Pages.

ND-11.010 NORD-10/HAWK DISK CONTROLLER

Reference manual and users guide for the NORD-10/HAWK Disk Controller. It describes programming specifications, interface signals and disk addressing.

76 Pages.

ND-11.012 FLOPPY DISK SYSTEM

Reference manual and users guide for the Floppy Disk System. It describes the system, the interface and the formatter. It was written for the NORD-10 series of systems but backward compatibility means that it is also valid for the ND-100 series system. The manual contains detailed instructions on the programming interface and the hardware. A large part of the manual covers the operation of the SA800 floppy disk drive and it's hardware. Half of the information is collected from these manuals from Shugart.

SA800/801 Diskette Storage Drive Maintenance Manual
SA800/801 Diskette Storage Drive Theory of Operation
SA800/801 Diskette Storage Drive OEM Manual

There is a lot of detailed timing information for the IOX instructions and LOAD. Schematics included covers the ND cards 1111 and 1118 and the Shugart formatter (27100-0) and drive (25100-1).

183 Pages.

Known versions :

 10/76 ND-11.012.01   First printing

Availability : Göran have original manual but not scanned yet. (ND-11.012.01)

ND-11.013 NORD-10/S ERROR CORRECTION CONTROL (ECC) DISK CONTROLLER

Description of the ECC disk controller. It contains information, a general description and detailed interface and programming instructions. Troubleshooting advice and logic diagrams are included.

100 Pages.

ND-11.014 STC MAGTAPE SYSTEM

Reference manual for the STC magtape subsystem. It describes how to connect STC magnetic tapes to a ND-100 computer and the look of the 3200 STC magtape controller. Programming specifications for driver routine and a user guide to test programs are also included. Written for field service engineers and operators.

96 Pages.

ND-11.015 FLOPPY DISK CONTROLLER - 3027

General description of the Floppy Disk Controller-3027. It contains general information of hardware and self test feature. Read and write operations and associated commands are covered.

50 Pages.

ND-11.016 8 INCH WINCHESTER DISK CONTROLLER ST506 & FINCH

The eight inch Winchester Disk Controller consists of one 3038 card controlling one or two Winchester disk drives. The 5 1/4 inch, ST506, Winchester Disk Controller consists of the 3014 card. The manual gives an introduction of the disk drive, bad track handling and the controller. It also contains programming specifications, test procedure, block diagrams, logic diagrams, component layout, cable signals and a short description o the Fairchild circuit 9401.

50 Pages.

Reference : ST506

ND-11.019 DUAL CHANNEL DISK SWITCH

The dual channel disk switch sits between a disk and two controllers. It selects which controller that is allowed to access the disk. This manual describes which disks that can be used and relevant hardware and software information.

25 Pages.

ND-11.021 FLOPPY AND STREAMER CONTROLLER 3106/3112

Detailed description of the Floppy and Streamer Controller. It contains information for both the 8" F & S Controller card 3106 and the 8" and 5 1/4" F & S Controller card 3112.

130 Pages.

12 : I/O Interfaces

ND-12.004 CAMAC CDMA NORD-10

A detailed description of the operation, programming instructions and diagrams.

20 Pages.

ND-12.006 CAMAC CC-NORD-10 HARDWARE

A detailed description of programming instructions, logic diagrams, component lists and signal definitions.

50 Pages.

ND-12.007 CAMAC CC-NORD-10 INTERFACE

General informaton on the operation of the CC-NORD-10 crate controller which interfaces CAMAC crates directly to the I/O bus on the NORD-10. It contains physical and electrical specifications, interrupt, LAM handling and Link Bus characteristics. Information about data formats, programming and addressing on CC-NORD-10.

17 Pages.

ND-12.012 INTERFACE TO PERTEC MAGNETIC TAPE

A description of the signals between 1123 and 1124. Also includes programming specifications, description of the formatter, logic diagrams and hardware information.

60 Pages.

ND-12.013 NORDCOM COLOUR TERMINAL

Information about the ND676 NORDCOM colour terminal. Complete with product description, interface specifications, block and logic diagrams and test procedures. Written as a maintenance manual.

160 Pages.

ND-12.015 1158 DR-11-C INTERFACE

Introduction to the 1158 DR-11-C interface.It contains an introduction, hardware descriptions, programming instructions. Test procedures are given with both block diagrams and logic diagrams.

20 Pages.

ND-12.016 DATA COMMUNITATION

General information about data communication. It describes networks, multiplexing and modems. It also describes communication procedures and data terminal equipment. Written as an introduction to data communication.

150 Pages.

ND-12.018 HDLC INTERFACE

Introduction to the High Level Data Link Control interface. It contains standards, procedures, programming instructions, logic diagrams and a detailed description of the Multiprotocol Communication Controller.

100 Pages.

ND-12.020 UNIVERSAL DMA INTERFACE ND852

This is a user's guide to interfacing and programming the ND852 Universal DMA Interface. It contains a hardware description, describes mechanical and electrical specifications, schematics, plug lists and programming instructions.

40 Pages.

ND-12.023 GENERAL PURPOSE INTERFACE BUS (GPIB) USER'S GUIDE

GPIB is used on the ND systems to connect to instruments and equipment using the GPIB standard. The end user software consists of a GPIB MONITOR and a GPIB LIBRARY callable from FORTRAN. This manual is intended for users and programmers of GPIB system.

110 Pages.

ND-12.024 FACIT 4420/ND USERS GUIDE

This is a description of the FACIT 4420/ND Video Terminal. Part 1 is written as a guide for terminal users. Part 2 is written for programmers as a complement for the FACIT 4420 Technical description published by FACIT Data Products.

65 Pages.

13 : Miscelaneous hardware

ND-13.003 CIRCUIT DIAGRAM SYMBOLS

This is a reference manual covering the symbols used in Norsk Data circit diagrams. It also describes rules for logical expressions and definitions of logic signals.

62 Pages.

ND-13.012 NORD-10 POWER UNIT

This is the reference and maintenance manual for the NORD Power Unit 10. Written for service personnel maintaining CPU:s that use this power supply. It contains maintenance instructions for battery replacement and adjustment procedures.

26 Pages.

ND-13.014 SITE PREPARATION AND INSTALLATION MANUAL

This is a reference manual covering how to set up a computer site for Norsk Data equipment. It covers NORD-10/S NORD-50, ND-100 and ND-500 computers.

46 Pages.

ND-13.015 PLANLEGGING OG INSTALLASJONSMANUAL

This is a Norwegian version of the ND-13.014 manual.

46 Pages.

References and sources

• Norsk Data Document ND–40.004.06 Documentation Catalogue