ND-110 Satellite 9883.21005

A ND-110 Satellite model T9 machine that I got from Gandalf.

Subpages: SINTRAN III: install, start errors, image test, Test: Test programs run,

Hardware

Hardware in the machine is described in this section.

Cards

empty
3094 ETHERNET IF. II - print: E, eco: G
3095 ND110 CPU&MM 4BB, print: , eco: J
3201 SCSI/FLOPPY, print: C, eco: J
3042 N0100 2MBY RAM, print: B, eco: D
empty
3013 N0100 8 TERM IF, print: M, eco: N

Devices

floppy drive : 1.2 Megabytes, 5.25 inch, ND 103161, another label says ND 187-3104.
tape streamer : Tandberg TDC 3640, ND 229-0898, SCSI.-id: 1.
Hard drive : Quantum ProDrive LPS 540 S, a 3.5 inch slimline SCSI drive, 540 Megabytes. SCSI-id: 0.

Power Supply

Wiener DN 03, 390 W

Connectors

power connector : IEC type C16
console connector : DB25F

Labels

On the inside of the front door

printed label at the top

NORSK DATA
FLOPPY: 187-3044
STREAMER: 229-898

handwritten label near the bottom

ORD: 20.6578 E
CPU: 9883.21005

On the front of the cabinet (behind the front door)

printed label above tape streamer / floppy drive

LOGNR
9053

History

2016-09-07: I imaged the ST31200N drive (with the SINTRAN III M05 install on) - sintran_iii_m05_st31200n.image.gz (about 2.5 MB gzipped, and about 1.1 GB unpacked).
2016-09-06: I used setblocksize to changed the Segate ST31200N drive to 1204 byte blocks.; I did another SINTRAN III M05 install on the ST31200N drive, but I get the same errors as before when trying to start SINTRAN.
2016-07-16: 3095 card - ALD switch is set to 9, which supposedly is correct. The baudrate switch is set to 7, 9600 bps (standard).
2016-07-12: SINTRAN III, M05 install - completed the Sintran install, see the subpage. Unfortunately, I still get errors when I try to start Sintran.; floppy drive - I ran the FLOPPY-STREAMER test program from my ND-100 Test Programs floppy, but it reports the floppy controller as "UNKNOWN CONTROLLER" - perhaps I need a newer program.

FLOPPY-STREA screenshot

floppy drive - the borrowed floppy drive didn't work at all, so I put the original one back in.; floppy drive - I borrowed the floppy drive from my ND-100/CX Compact, I'm going to test if it works any better than the original one.
2016-07-11: floppy drive - it is ND 187-3104 (another label says ND 103161), which is a Toshiba FDD 5862A0K 03 REV. A.; hard drive - I changed SCSI id to 0 (zero) by removing the A2 and A1 jumpers. According to SINTRAN III release L release notes, SCSI id 0 is needed for SINTRAN III to boot from the drive.; tape streamer - checking out the streamer. I took out the media tray again; the streamer is ND 229-0898, a SCSI, Tandberg TDC 3640 with 64 K buffer option. It is set fro SCSI-id 1.; SINTRAN III, M05 install - after changing SCSI-id to 0 (zero) on the hard drive, I managed one complete install, but SINTRAN wouldn't start. after that, the floppy drive started acting up.
2016-07-10: mounting a hard drive. This evening I took out the media tray (it sits with two screws, after that it slides out) it looks like it is connected via the standard A, B and C connectors of a ND-100 bus. I used a "Drevramme 3.5 inch to 5.25 inch - intern" (100457) that I had to mount the 3.5 inch drive to the 5.25 inch holes in the media tray. Next I connected up SCSI (standard 50 pin IDC) and power cables (4-pin molex "hard drive" male plug on both ends). I put the media tray back into the machine, and secured it with the two screws. The hard drive is a Quantum ProDrive LPS 540 S, a 3.5 inch slimline drive with 540 megabyte capacity. It is set for SCSI-id 6.
2016-07-09: more testing - try to load and run CONFIGURATIO-D00:TEST.

TPE>load config

    CONFIGURATION - Version: D00 - 1986-12-08

TPE>

Next I do "run" and the program says

CPU type: ND-110 or ND-110/CX

Floating format: 48 bits

Memory Management: MMS-2 included on CPU card

Cache: Yes

ALD Register: 21560B

Total memory size: 2.512 Mbytes

Devices, the machine has

real time clock 1 10 13

Terminal interfaces 1, 5, 6, 7 ,8, 9, 10, 11, 12

(logical device number are 1, 44, 45, 46, 47, 60, 61, 62, 63)

ECCR

Ethernet controller 1 140360 140363 (logical device number 2240)

SCSI Interface 1 144300 144377 (logical device number 2202)

and no errors. Nice.

I loaded CACHE-110

    CACHE-110 - Version: A00 - 1986-10-15

This is a ND-110 CPU (One instruction cache).
TPE>

and I ran it (All-tests) there are 8 tests. It takes a while to run through all tests, but they finished without errors. I Loaded MEMORY

    MEMORY - Version: D00 - 1986-10-30

THIS IS A NORD-100 WITH 1280K WORDS(16-BIT) MEMORY (DEC.)

TPE>

did "run" which ran all tests. It also said

(HOLES IN DEFINED TEST AREA)

AREA TESTED: 0.11-35.15
READ TEST ON PROGRAM PART     === END OF TEST ===
ADRESSES  IN  ADRESSES        === END OF TEST ===
WRITE/READ TEST (7 PATTERNS)  === END OF TEST ===
RAPIDLY CHANGING ADDRESS BITS === END OF TEST ===
PARITY ERROR DETECTION        === END OF TEST ===
WALK TEST (34 PATTERNS)       === END OF TEST ===

=== THE TESTS ARE NOW LOOPING ===

=ESCAPE==

TPE>

that's it.

2016-07-09: testing - I connected up the console again, and inserted the floppy labeled "210523E00-XX-01D Test Programs for ND-100 release date 870715 870108". On the console I wrote

MACL
1560&

(the last one without enter), and few seconds later the console prints

    TPE Monitor, ND-100 / ND-110 - Version: A02 - 1986-10-30

The command HELP gives you the full list of available commands

TPE>

available commands are

MODE <input file name> <output>
DATCL
DELETE-MACROS
DUMP-PRINTER-BUFFER (<from> <to>)
EXIT
EXPLAIN-COMMAND <command>
HELP <command>
LIST-FILES <file name>
LIST-MACROS <macro name>
LOAD-PROGRAM <file name>
DEFINE-MACRO <name> <body>
MONITOR-HELP <command>
OPCOM
PRINT-NOTE <note-number>
PROGRAM-HELP <command>
PROGRAM-STATUS
SET-CONSOLE-DEVICE-NUMBER <logical or hardware number>
SET-PRINTER-DEVICE-NUMBER <logical or hardware number>
SET-PRINTER-MODE <mode> (<buffer size>)
SET-TERMINAL-TYPE <type>
TERMINAL-MODE <full page stop>
UPDAT <minute> <hour> <day> <month> <year>

let me check the panel clock

TPE>datctl
1985.03.09 04:55:07

update it

TPE>updat 49 16 09 07 2016

check

TPE>datcl
2016.07.09 16:49:43

that worked.

2016-07-02: testing - I connected power, used the Nokia VDU 301 S as a console (I just soldered up a new current loop cable). When I turn the keyswitch to on, the machine starts up and "STOP" and "START" lights up on the front panel. The console prints "#" - everything looks ok.
2016-06-30: the machine got delivered by Gandalf and friend, all the way from Umeå, Sweden. A Nokia VDU 301 S terminal also came in the same delivery.
2016-06-28: Gandalf had set up a rescue trip to Norway (to save a NORD-1), and graciously donated a ND-110 Satellite to me. The machine didn't have a hard drive, but use a SCSI hard drive. A friend in Tromsø made floppy images for SINTRAN III, M-release (M05) available to me.