Norsk Data Nord-10/S restoration effort on the way!

From: Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk_at_yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat Nov 13 13:34:37 2004

On Sat, 2004-11-13 at 06:21 +0100, Tore S Bekkedal wrote:
> the crown
> jewel of the collection was definately (IMO :) a NORD-10/S minicomputer
> with a 9-track Pertec rebrand tape drive. /S means "With various
> enhancements, like cache" in Norwegian. Terse language, you see. :P

Nice going :-)

That reminds me, a little update. I'm making progress on getting hold of
the ND100 machine. There's a little pressure on getting the docs soon as
they're in someone's way, but the machine itself is safe and sound where
it is at present. Actually, it's on a tiny island in the middle of a
river... getting it off the island is going to be interesting. I've not
done a water rescue before :-)

> Enter Johnny Oddene, the webmaster of sintran.com, ex-Norsk
> Data-employee, hobbyist, and owner of what was left of ND after they
> went bankrupt in 1993. (Pretty much just a warezhouse and a trademark)

Hmm, sounds like I should remember that! :)

> In fact, some customers buying the ND-100, the sequel to the Nord-10,
> noticed a significant decrease in performance due to this.

Grr ;)

> I will of course start a webpage on this.

Well I can throw you some ND100 images to go with that if you want when
we get the machine onto slightly more solid ground!

cheers

Jules
Received on Sat Nov 13 2004 - 13:34:37 GMT