Norsk Data
This is just a page with a history of my activities related to collecting Norsk Data (ND) stuff, and links to my other ND related pages.
ND hardware
ND-Satellite/9, ND-100/CX Compact, ND-110 Satellite,
related hardware: Nokia VDU 301 S, Tandberg TDV 2200, TDV 1200,
ND software
see ND software page. Also see SINTRAN info page,
ND documentation
see the ND documentation page.
back to my vintage computing page.
History
2020-05-01: Facit 4070 punch - Centronics parallel port interface, Facit 4070 paper tape punching with Arduino mega (another Arduino interface) and Github: RichardShipman/Facit4070arduino,
2017-06-29: Facit 4070 punch - PaperTapePuncher allows you to use an Arduino as control unit for a Facit 4070.
2016-07-28: a new haul today. from "my friendly fellow in town" again. Quite a bit of stuff. Media - ND (or related)
magnetic tapes
7 x Scotch 777 GP 6250 BPI tapes, unused (still in sealed plastic wrapping) - the spool on these tapes are about 10.5 inches in diameter. 7 x Scotch 777 GP 6250 BPI tape (10.5 inch spool diameter), index paper suggests it contains a personal backup of files from 1977. 9 x Scotch 777 GP 6250 BPI tapes with a spool diameter of 8.5 inches. These look like they are file backups, most have an index paper with the tape. 9 x Racal-Zonal (or unlabeled) tapes with 7 inch spool diameter. 3 of these tapes have an index paper, the rest are unmarked 3 x digital cassette tapes, Philips Electrologica 8709 100 4299, "certified for use on P 350 System". Looks like Philips audio cassettes. Text on cassette inlay paper says that these are (personal) backups from 1976.
two trays of paper tapes
a plastic bag full of plastic "cores" to wind up paper tape on
ND documentation - see documentation page.
2016-07-14: a new haul today. from "my friendly fellow in town" again. Quite a lot of stuff. Hardware - ND (or related)
1 x FACIT 4012 (ser no. 740 0207) tape winding machine (for paper tape). 1 x FACIT 4070 (ser no. 904 0043) paper tape punch - ND 13-310 + 1 plastic hub for paper tape 1 x paper tape reader, Digitronics, ND 11-671 - it need a new (rubber) roller wheel 1 x parallel port interface (ISA) Mitsubishi WEPRIO DC280/79D, modified for open collector, used with the Facit 4070 1 x 1043F Card Reader Buffer (ND-10 or ND-100?) 2 x cables, one possibly used with the Facit 4070
Media - ND
1 x CDC disk pack 75 MB labeled "Back-up S80A", "800516" 1 x paper tape (green) with unknown code on it (no marks or labels) 3 x rolls of "blank" paper tape (green) + blank tape (green) in Facit 4070
ND documentation - see documentation page
non-ND items - see vintage computing page.
2016-07-09: console cable - a few days ago, I put covers (shell) onto my console cable. The covers are of a grey, hard plastic type and sticks about two millimeters out on each side (the long sides) of the connectors. Works great on the terminal (Nokia VDU 301 S), but the console connector (in fact, all the connectors) on the back of the ND-110 Satellite sit too close to a "wall" so they won't fit with the cover on. So, off it goes.
2016-07-02: console cable - I used the instructions at sintran.com for the ND-325307-xx console cable (current loop) to solder up a new console cable. I used Cat5 network cable, it has 4 pairs (eight leads) which is more than enough as current loop only uses two pairs. Seen from the DB25M connector (goes into ND-100):
pin 15 - RxD+ orange/white pin 16 - RxD- orange pin 17 - TxD+ blue/white pin 18 - TxD- blue the other end DB25F connector (to the terminal): pin 12 - RxD+ blue/white pin 13 - RxD- blue pin 23 - TxD+ orange/white pin 24 - TxD- orange
tested by connecting it to the ND-110 Satellite and the Nokia VDU 301 S - it works perfectly.
2016-06-30: I used t2 the media machine to write SINTRAN III release M to three floppies. 2016-06-30: Gandalf and a friend delivered to me (all the way from Umeå, Sverige):
1 x ND-110 Satellite machine 1 x terminal ND 110215 - Nokia VDU 301 S with keyboard
wow.
2016-06-28: software - a friend in Tromsø sent me images for SINTRAN III release M install floppies.
floppy 1:
tingo@kg-core1$ ndfs -t 250305M05-XX-01D.image Directory name : 250305M05-XX-01D Object file index pointer : 611 SI: 0x1 (indexed) User file index pointer : 613 SI: 0x1 (indexed) Bit file pointer : 615 SI: 0x0 (contiguous) No. of unreserved pages : 1 Files: 0 0: A 20 pages 39497 bytes 1990-01-24 08:12:12 (SYSTEM)MACM-1718L:BPUN 0 1: A 589 pages 1109625 bytes 1990-01-24 08:12:20 (SYSTEM)SINTRAN-M-1:DATA Directory size: 611 pages Bit file size : 1 page
floppy 2:
tingo@kg-core1$ ndfs -t 250305M05-XX-02D.image Directory name : 250305M05-XX-02D Object file index pointer : 611 SI: 0x1 (indexed) User file index pointer : 613 SI: 0x1 (indexed) Bit file pointer : 615 SI: 0x0 (contiguous) No. of unreserved pages : 1 Files: 0 0: A 589 pages 690015 bytes 1990-01-24 08:26:18 (SYSTEM)SINTRAN-M-2:DATA Directory size: 611 pages Bit file size : 1 page
floppy 3:
tingo@kg-core1$ ndfs -t 250305M05-XX-03D.image Directory name : 250305M05-XX-03D Object file index pointer : 611 SI: 0x1 (indexed) User file index pointer : 613 SI: 0x1 (indexed) Bit file pointer : 615 SI: 0x0 (contiguous) No. of unreserved pages : 1 Files: 0 0: C 21 pages 43008 bytes 1990-01-24 08:29:31 (SYSTEM)NEW-SYSTEM:PROG 0 1: C 29 pages 57476 bytes 1990-01-24 08:29:37 (SYSTEM)DMAC-1915G:BPUN 0 2: C 15 pages 28791 bytes 1990-01-24 08:29:45 (SYSTEM)F32-FMAC-1920C:PROG 0 3: C 15 pages 28791 bytes 1990-01-24 08:29:49 (SYSTEM)F48-FMAC-1408D:PROG 0 4: C 31 pages 62902 bytes 1990-01-24 08:29:53 (SYSTEM)FILSYS-SYMBOLS:SYMB 0 5: C 28 pages 56986 bytes 1990-01-24 08:30:02 (SYSTEM)RTLO-SYMBOLS:SYMB 0 6: C 4 pages 7453 bytes 1990-01-24 08:30:10 (SYSTEM)COS-TADADM:BPUN 0 7: C 55 pages 111103 bytes 1990-01-24 08:30:12 (SYSTEM)XMSG-COMMAND:PROG 0 8: C 3 pages 4495 bytes 1990-01-24 08:30:26 (SYSTEM)XMSG-STARTEX:MODE 0 9: C 1 page 880 bytes 1990-01-24 08:30:27 (SYSTEM)XMSG-STARTEX:BATC 0 10: C 18 pages 36042 bytes 1990-01-24 08:30:28 (SYSTEM)XMSG-SYMBOL-LIST:SYMB 0 11: C 61 pages 123252 bytes 1990-01-24 08:30:34 (SYSTEM)N500-SYMBOLS:SYMB 0 12: C 61 pages 124323 bytes 1990-01-24 08:30:49 (SYSTEM)N5000-SYMBOLS:SYMB 0 13: C 48 pages 98197 bytes 1990-01-24 08:31:05 (SYSTEM)ND500-MONITOR:BPUN 0 14: C 40 pages 81505 bytes 1990-01-24 08:31:18 (SYSTEM)ER-S3WD-DESC-D:EDAT 0 15: C 21 pages 43008 bytes 1990-01-24 08:31:29 (SYSTEM)ER-S3WD-LOG-D:PROG 0 16: C 12 pages 24576 bytes 1990-01-24 08:31:35 (SYSTEM)ER-S3WD-MANA-D:PROG 0 17: C 52 pages 104920 bytes 1990-01-24 08:31:39 (SYSTEM)SYMBOL-1-LIST:SYMB 0 18: C 34 pages 69166 bytes 1990-01-24 08:31:53 (SYSTEM)SYMBOL-2-LIST:SYMB 0 19: C 6 pages 11675 bytes 1990-01-24 08:32:03 (SYSTEM)LIBRARY-MARKS:SYMB Directory size: 611 pages Bit file size : 1 page
looks ok.
2016-05-28: From "my friendly fellow in town" I collected five cartridge disks (CDC Model (9)848-24, nine tapes (9-track tape), one paper tape (contains RUNOFF:SYMB) and a huge number of manuals and other documentation - check the ND documentation page for details.
2013-09-29: From "my friendly fellow in town" I collected three manuals, some quick reference cards and floppies: several boxes of 8-inch floppies, mostly ND software, backups and so on, but also a few CP/M floppies. Several boxes of 5.25 inch floppies (intended as reuse), some contains PC / DOS software from Digital.
2013-02-11: I collected a sealed box of 5.25 inch floppies + 6 (5.25 inch) floppies with ND software and software for ND machines on it, from another friendly fellow in town.
2011-09-23: a Swedish collector delivered me a ND-100/CX Compact computer with console terminal (Tandberg TDV 2200/9) and documentation.
2010-10-22: I collected a ND-Satellite/9, two terminals (ND 320 - Tandberg TDV 2200/9, ND 246 - Tandberg TDV 2200), two boxes of 8-inch floppies and some documentation from a friendly fellow in town.