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  | 0 = [[NORD-1]] was probably the first minicomputer to have memory paging as a standard option, and the first machine to have floating-point instructions standard.
  | 0 = [[NORD-1]] was probably the first minicomputer to have memory paging as a standard option, and the first machine to have floating-point instructions standard.
  | 1 = [[NORD-5]], was the world's first 32-bit minicomputer - beating the VAX by 6 years.
  | 1 = [[NORD-5]], was the world's first 32-bit minicomputer - beating the VAX by 6 years.
  | 2 = [[Norsk Data]] employed over 4,500 people in 1987, the second largest company by stock value in Norway.
  | 2 = [[Norsk Data]] employed over 4,500 people in 1987, the second largest company by stock value in Norway.
  | 3 = [[ND-500]] and [[ND-5000]] processors are using a [[ND-100 CPU|ND-100]]/[[ND-110 CPU]] as I/O processor.  
  | 3 = [[ND-500]] and [[ND-5000]] processors are using a [[ND-100 CPU|ND-100]]/[[ND-110 CPU]] as I/O processor.  
| 4 = [[ND-100]] uses an 8080 microprocessor to control the memory management unit ([[3104]]).
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Revision as of 21:37, 23 October 2008

NORD-1 was probably the first minicomputer to have memory paging as a standard option, and the first machine to have floating-point instructions standard.