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{{Infobox Machine
| name = NORD-50
| image =
| manufacturer = [[Norsk Data]]
| architecture =
| word size = 32 bit
| year introduced = 1971
| form factor = mini
| physical address = 4 megabytes
}}
The NORD-50 computer system is a completely integrated system of NORD-10/S and NORD-50 CPUs. The I/O system, file system and operating system are common to both processors.

The NORD-50 CPU was used in the [[ND 1100/S]], [[ND 1200/S]], [[ND 1300/S]] and [[ND 1400/S]] systems.

The NORD-50 CPU is designed to be a fast floating point processor which is a total slave to the [[NORD-10/S]].

NORD-50 does not have an I/O system or interrupt system by itself, all I/O is done through the NORD-10/S which submits jobs to NORD-50 for execution in batches. The [[NORD-10]] acts as a system supervisor running the operating system [[SINTRAN III/VS]] and the [[NORD-50 monitor]].

n a NORD-50 computer system, the NORD-10/S has the following functions:
*Supervision and synchronization of the NORD-50s in the system.
*Running the operating system, SINTRAN III.
*Generating NORD-50 executable machine code via NORD-50 assembler or FORTRAN compiler.
*Being the I/O system for the NORD-50s performing I/O transfer to / from the NORD-50 memory.

The NORD-50s in the system perform execution of instructions with data supplied through the NORD-10/S I/O system from byte oriented devices such as terminals, general DMA devices such as disks and magnetic tapes, the universal DMA interface, and special high-speed DMA channels connected directly to ports in the multiport memory system.

The system architecture is such that NORD-50s can have their private memories including a high speed static memory in addition to the multiport memory system.

The NORD-50s themselves do not perform any tasks except for running the application programs.

The slave processor NORD-50 is activated by the NORD-10/S and NORD-50 executes programs in parallel with the activities in NORD-10/S. The NORD-10/S is interrupted when the NORD-50 comes to an end of its tasks.

To the NORD-10 the NORD-50 looks like any else device and is controlled via standard [[IOX]] instructions.

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== References ==
[http://www.ndwiki.org/wiki/NORD-50 NDWiki: NORD-50]

[[Category:Norsk Data Hardware]]

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 | physical address = 4 megabytes
 }}
 The NORD-50 computer system is a completely integrated system of NORD-10/S and NORD-50 CPUs. The [[I/O]] system, [[file system]] and [[operating system]] are common to both processors.
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 The NORD-50 CPU is designed to be a fast [[floating point]] processor which is a total slave to the [[NORD-10/S]].
-NORD-50 does not have an I/O system or [[interrupt]] system by itself, all I/O is done through the NORD-10/S which submits jobs to NORD-50 for execution in batches. The [[NORD-10]] acts as a system supervisor running the operating system [[SINTRAN III/VS]] and the [[NORD-50 monitor]].
+NORD-50 does not have an I/O system or [[interrupt]] system by itself, all I/O is done through the NORD-10/S which submits jobs to NORD-50 for execution in batches. The [[NORD-10]] acts as a system supervisor running the [[operating system]] [[SINTRAN III/VS]] and the [[NORD-50 monitor]].
 In a NORD-50 computer system, the NORD-10/S has the following functions:
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 == Address space ==
 The NORD-50 has 4 megabytes physical [[address space]].
 == Circuit boards ==
 Main registers and arithmetic, communication registers NORD-10/NORD-50, memory address and data lines, line drivers for external arithmetic are organised on three different boads, each handling four bits:
 * 1501 Address Arithmetic
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 == References ==
-{{Stub}}
+* [http://www.ndwiki.org/wiki/NORD-50 NDWiki: NORD-50]
-[[Category:Norsk Data Hardware]]
+[[Category: Norsk Data Hardware]]

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 | word size = 32 bit
 | year introduced =
-| form factor         =  mini
+| form factor         =  [[minicomputer]]
 | physical address = 4 megabytes
 }}
-The NORD-50 computer system is a completely integrated system of NORD-10/S and NORD-50 CPUs. The I/O system, file system and operating system are common to both processors.
+The NORD-50 computer system is a completely integrated system of NORD-10/S and NORD-50 CPUs. The [[I/O]] system, [[file system]] and [[operating system]] are common to both processors.
-The NORD-50 CPU was used in the [[ND 1100/S]], [[ND 1200/S]], [[ND 1300/S]] and [[ND 1400/S]] systems.
+The NORD-50 [[CPU]] was used in the [[ND 1100/S]], [[ND 1200/S]], [[ND 1300/S]] and [[ND 1400/S]] systems.
-The NORD-50 CPU is designed to be a fast floating point processor which is a total slave to the [[NORD-10/S]].
+The NORD-50 CPU is designed to be a fast [[floating point]] processor which is a total slave to the [[NORD-10/S]].
-NORD-50 does not have an I/O system or interrupt system by itself, all I/O is done through the NORD-10/S which submits jobs to NORD-50 for execution in batches. The [[NORD-10]] acts as a system supervisor running the operating system [[SINTRAN III/VS]] and the [[NORD-50 monitor]].
+NORD-50 does not have an I/O system or [[interrupt]] system by itself, all I/O is done through the NORD-10/S which submits jobs to NORD-50 for execution in batches. The [[NORD-10]] acts as a system supervisor running the operating system [[SINTRAN III/VS]] and the [[NORD-50 monitor]].
 In a NORD-50 computer system, the NORD-10/S has the following functions:
 *Supervision and synchronization of the NORD-50s in the system.
 *Running the operating system, SINTRAN III.
-*Generating NORD-50 executable machine code via NORD-50 assembler or FORTRAN compiler.
+*Generating NORD-50 executable [[machine code]] via NORD-50 [[assembler]] or [[FORTRAN]] [[compiler]].
 *Being the I/O system for the NORD-50s performing I/O transfer to / from the NORD-50 memory.
-The NORD-50s in the system perform execution of instructions with data supplied through the NORD-10/S I/O system from byte oriented devices such as terminals, general DMA devices such as disks and magnetic tapes, the universal DMA interface, and special high-speed DMA channels connected directly to ports in the multiport memory system.
+The NORD-50s in the system perform execution of [[instruction]]s with data supplied through the NORD-10/S I/O system from byte oriented devices such as terminals, general [[DMA]] devices such as [[disk]]s and [[magnetic tape]]s, the universal DMA interface, and special high-speed DMA channels connected directly to ports in the [[multi-port memory]] system.
-The NORD-50 can use multiport shared and private memory and also static high-speed, private memory for frequently used code and data.
+The NORD-50 can use multi-port shared and private memory and also static high-speed, private memory for frequently used code and data.
 The NORD-50s themselves do not perform any tasks except for running the application programs.
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 To the NORD-10 the NORD-50 looks like any other device and is controlled via standard [[IOX]] instructions.
-{{Stub}}
+== CPU ==
-== CPU ==
+The NORD-50 CPU has a [[word]] length of 32 bits.
-There are a number of registers in the NORD-50 CPU.
+There are a number of [[register]]s in the NORD-50 CPU.
 * 64 general data registers with register 0 always containing zero.
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 == Address space ==
-The NORD-50 has 4 megabytes physical address space.
+The NORD-50 has 4 megabytes physical [[address space]].
 == Circuit boards ==
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 == References ==
 [http://www.ndwiki.org/wiki/NORD-50 NDWiki: NORD-50]
 [[Category:Norsk Data Hardware]]

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 == Address space ==
 The NORD-50 has 4 megabytes physical address space.
 == References ==

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 * The 64 general registers can be combined in pairs as 32 64 bit floating point registers.
 * The lower 16 registers can be used as base or index registers for addressing.
 == References ==

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		+	== CPU ==
		+	The NORD-50 CPU has a word length of 32 bits.
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		+	There are a number of registers in the NORD-50 CPU.
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		+	* 64 general data registers with register 0 always containing zero.
		+	* The 64 general registers can be combined in pairs as 32 64 bit floating point registers.
		+	* The lower 16 registers can be used as base or index registers for addressing.

	== References ==		== References ==