NORD-10 Manuals
Reference, hardware, and operations documentation for the NORD-10 / NORD-10-S minicomputer
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📖 Overview
This sub-collection holds the NORD-10 / NORD-10-S documentation set: CPU reference and
microprogram, communication with the NORD-50, operator's guides, verification programs,
disc system, and hardware/wiring descriptions. Source material for the NORD-10 generation
that preceded the ND-100.
| Manuals |
Total Lines |
| 13 |
~58,600 |
🗂️ Manual Index
CPU Reference & Microprogram
| Manual |
Document # |
Lines |
Description |
| NORD-10-S Reference Manual |
ND-06.008.01 |
6,462 |
NORD-10-S CPU reference - registers, instruction set, hardware interface |
| NORD-10-S Microprogram |
ND-06.010.01 |
4,835 |
NORD-10-S microprogram description |
| NORD-10 - NORD-50 Communication System |
ND-06.005.01 |
887 |
Communication between the NORD-10 and the NORD-50 processor |
Operations & Diagnostics
| Manual |
Document # |
Lines |
Description |
| NORD-10 Operator's Guide |
ND-30001-01A |
5,597 |
Operator's guide for the NORD-10 |
| NORD-10 - NORD-50 Operator's Guide |
ND-60.116.01 |
4,815 |
Operator's guide for a combined NORD-10 / NORD-50 system |
| NORD-10 Verification Programs |
ND-62.006.01 |
1,204 |
Verification / test programs for the NORD-10 |
Storage
| Manual |
Document # |
Lines |
Description |
| Cartridge Disc System for NORD-10 |
ND-11.008.01 |
685 |
Cartridge disc system for the NORD-10 |
| Cartridge Disc System for NORD-10 - Programming Specifications |
ND-11.008.01A |
749 |
Revision A, December 1973 (A/S Norsk Data-Elektronikk imprint). 22 pages: system organization, then disc specifications - data format, capacity, access time, transfer rate, power requirement, environment. A later revision of the manual above; both are kept |
| HAWK Disk System |
ND-11.009.01 |
7,540 |
The HAWK disk system, 168 pages - major components, the card cage, and the drive/system hardware, with figures, tables and a list of abbreviations. The matching controller manual, ND-11.010.01 NORD-10/HAWK Disk Controller, is filed with the device controllers in ../Devices/ |
Hardware & Wiring
| Manual |
Document # |
Lines |
Description |
| NORD-10 drawings |
- |
21,410 |
NORD-10 hardware drawings / schematics |
| NORD-10 Operator's Panel Hardware Description |
- |
1,082 |
Operator's panel hardware description |
| Backwiring til NORD-10 |
- |
3,202 |
(NO) NORD-10 backplane wiring documentation |
| NORD-10 Design Goals |
- |
78 |
Short note on the NORD-10 design goals |
Key Topics: NORD-10 / NORD-10-S CPU architecture, microprogram, instruction set, NORD-50 communication, operator procedures, verification programs, cartridge disc, HAWK disk system, hardware drawings, backplane wiring
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