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The '''ND-500''' is a 32-bit superminicomputer delivered in 1981 by [[Norsk Data]]. It relied on a [[ND-100]] to do housekeeping tasks and run the operating system, [[SINTRAN III]]. | The '''ND-500''' is a 32-bit superminicomputer delivered in [[1981]] by [[Norsk Data]]. It relied on a [[ND-100]] to do housekeeping tasks and run the operating system, [[SINTRAN III]]. | ||
A configuration could feature up to four ND-500 CPUs, in a shared-memory configuration. | A configuration could feature up to four ND-500 CPUs, in a shared-memory configuration. | ||
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A 31-bit version of the ND-500 machine. Pin 27 was snipped on the backplane, removing its status as a superminicomputer, allowing it to legally pass through the CoCom embargo. Cocom (''Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls'') was an embargo on Western exports to East Bloc countries during the Cold War.{{Citation needed}} | A 31-bit version of the ND-500 machine. Pin 27 was snipped on the backplane, removing its status as a superminicomputer, allowing it to legally pass through the CoCom embargo. Cocom (''Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls'') was an embargo on Western exports to East Bloc countries during the Cold War.{{Citation needed}} | ||
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The price of the smallest ND-500 system in 1981 was 400.000 German mark.<ref>[http://www.computerwoche.de/heftarchiv/1981/14/1185732/ Norsk Data Deutschland GmbH: Nur ein Schritt von 16 auf 32 Bit, Computerwoche 14/1981]</ref> | |||
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*{{OriginWP-EN|ND-500|3 November 2008}} | *{{OriginWP-EN|ND-500|3 November 2008}} | ||
[http://sintran.com/sintran/hardware/nd-other/nd-xxN500.html sintran.com: ND-500 Operator panel] | |||
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[[Category:Norsk Data hardware]] | [[Category:Norsk Data hardware]] | ||
Revision as of 13:24, 27 April 2018
The ND-500 is a 32-bit superminicomputer delivered in 1981 by Norsk Data. It relied on a ND-100 to do housekeeping tasks and run the operating system, SINTRAN III.
A configuration could feature up to four ND-500 CPUs, in a shared-memory configuration.
Hardware implementations
The ND-500 architecture lived through four distinct implementations. Each implementation was sold under a variety of different model numbers.
ND also sold multiprocessor configurations, naming them ND-580/n and an ND-590n, where n represented the number of CPUs in a given configuration, 2, 3, or 4.
ND-500/1
Sold as the ND-500, ND-520, ND-540, and ND-560.
ND-500/2
Sold as the ND-570, ND-570/CX, and the ND-570/ACX.
ND-505
A 31-bit version of the ND-500 machine. Pin 27 was snipped on the backplane, removing its status as a superminicomputer, allowing it to legally pass through the CoCom embargo. Cocom (Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls) was an embargo on Western exports to East Bloc countries during the Cold War.[citation needed]
Cost
The price of the smallest ND-500 system in 1981 was 400.000 German mark.[1]
Sources
- This article was originally a copy of the English Wikipedia article ND-500 in 3 November 2008.
sintran.com: ND-500 Operator panel
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