13 Nov
2004
13 Nov
'04
5:34 a.m.
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