NORD-50 Serial 37: Difference between revisions
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==Operators panel== | ==Operators panel== | ||
==Price== | ==Price== | ||
It's hard to tell the exact price, the NORD-50 was sold as a package with a NORD-10 included. In the February 1981 price list the most bare-bone system, [[ND-1439/S]] cost 540.000 NOK while a NORD-10 alone cost 74700, putting the NORD-50 basic system at 433.000 NOK. There is no mention of how much memory was included at this price. | |||
==Current status== | ==Current status== | ||
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Image:Nord-50 serial 37 number plate.jpg |Serial number plate | Image:NORD-50 serial 37 loaded.jpg|Loaded up for the ride home. | ||
Image:NORD-50 serial 37 left side.jpg| Left side view. | Image:NORD-50 serial 37 front.jpg|Front view with covers on. | ||
Image:NORD-50 board 1522-A.jpg | Image:NORD-50 serial 37 front naked.jpg|Cover removed, showing the CPU crates. | ||
Image:NORD-50 serial 37 CPU.jpg|Close-up of the CPU racks. | |||
Image:Nord-50 serial 37 number plate.jpg |Serial number plate. | |||
Image:NORD-50 serial 37 left side.jpg| Left side view. The crates at the left is the CPU, multiport memory to the right. | |||
Image:NORD-50 serial 37 front panel.jpg | The front panel. | |||
Image:NORD-50 serial 37 MultiPortMemory rack.jpg | Multiport memory | |||
Image:NORD-50 board 1522-A.jpg| Output select card, one of eight used in floating point math. | |||
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Revision as of 18:14, 27 August 2018
NORD-50 Serial number 37 came to me from the Dalby datormuseum. I picked it up in August 2018. I will add to the history later on.
Judging from the dates on a random card, the computer was built in 1976.
With the computer came a number of NORD-50 manuals I haven't seen before.
- ND-05.003.01 NORD-50 REFERENCE MANUAL
- ND-05.007.01 NORD-50 FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
- ND-05.008.01 NORD-50 General Description and Module Description
- ND-06.005.01 NORD-10 . NORD-50 Communication System (2 copies)
- ND-30.010.02 NORD-50 Hardware Maintenance Manual
- ND-60.075.01 NORD-50 assembler + rev A
- ND-60.076.02 NORD-50 MONITOR User's Guide and System Documentation (3 copies)
- ND-60.083.02 NORD-50 LOADER User's Guide
- ND-60.116.01 NORD-10/NORD-50 Operator's Guide (2 copies)
- ND-60.118-01 US50 Course Manual for NORD-50 Software Courses
- ND-62.008.01 NORD-50 Test System
Configuration
The system is equipped with...
- Two crates of Big Multiport Memory
- ... more when I have had time to go over the system
Missing parts and damages
The side panels are missing.
Operators panel
Price
It's hard to tell the exact price, the NORD-50 was sold as a package with a NORD-10 included. In the February 1981 price list the most bare-bone system, ND-1439/S cost 540.000 NOK while a NORD-10 alone cost 74700, putting the NORD-50 basic system at 433.000 NOK. There is no mention of how much memory was included at this price.
Current status
Still sitting in the car, just picked it up.
Plans
I will go through the system and clean it up. I also have to go through the cards to check that none is placed in the wrong slot. Then I need a NORD-10 to connect to as an interface. It will probably take some time before I can even contemplate to run this machine.
Gallery
Loaded up for the ride home.
Front view with covers on.
Cover removed, showing the CPU crates.
Close-up of the CPU racks.
Serial number plate.
Left side view. The crates at the left is the CPU, multiport memory to the right.
The front panel.
Multiport memory
Output select card, one of eight used in floating point math.
