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	'''NUSSE''' was the Norsk Universell Siffermaskin, Selvstyrt, Elektronisk computer, which was based on an [[APEXC\|APEXC(N)]] (sometimes called ''APE(X)C'') in kit form after contact with [[A.D. Booth]] at the UK Birkbeck College. A computer at the scale of [[EDSAC]] was out of reach financially for Norway at the time, but the APEXC(N) was affordable.		'''NUSSE''' was the Norsk Universell Siffermaskin, Selvstyrt, Elektronisk computer, which was based on an [[APEXC\|APEXC(N)]] (sometimes called ''APE(X)C'') in kit form after contact with [[A. D. Booth]] at the UK Birkbeck College. A computer at the scale of [[EDSAC]] was out of reach financially for Norway at the time, but the APEXC(N) was affordable.

	There are two references in UK books by [[A.D. Booth~~\|A. D. Booth]]~~ to this computer,		There are two references in UK books by A. D. Booth to this computer,

	# "Automatic Digital Computers" 1953 1955 reprint chap 35 p270		# ''Automatic Digital Computers'', 1953 1955 reprint chap 35 p270
	#:"Up to the present, two copies of APE(x)C are in existence. The first at the Norwegian Board of Computing Machines, Oslo, under the direction of Dr. T. Hysing, is undergoing tests. The second is in general use at the laboratories of the British Tabulating Machines Company."		#:"Up to the present, two copies of APE(x)C are in existence. The first at the Norwegian Board of Computing Machines, Oslo, under the direction of Dr. T. Hysing, is undergoing tests. The second is in general use at the laboratories of the British Tabulating Machines Company."
	# "Faster than Thought" 1953, 1955 reprint chap 13 p171		# ''Faster than Thought'' 1953, 1955 reprint chap 13 p171
	#:"A.P.E.N.C. Norwegian Board for Computing Machines		#:"A.P.E.N.C. Norwegian Board for Computing Machines
	#:The machines are properly engineered versions of S.E.C. built with miniature components. The digit repetition rate is 50kc/s. Storage capacity is of the magnetic drum type and gives 512 thirty-two-digit binary numbers. The machine is provided with a high-speed, short-cutting multiplier and takes 500usec for addition and subtraction, and (n x 500) usec for multiplication, where n is the number of "live" digits in the multiplier.		#:The machines are properly engineered versions of S.E.C. built with miniature components. The digit repetition rate is 50kc/s. Storage capacity is of the magnetic [[drum]] type and gives 512 thirty-two-digit binary numbers. The machine is provided with a high-speed, short-cutting multiplier and takes 500usec for addition and subtraction, and (n x 500) usec for multiplication, where n is the number of "live" digits in the multiplier.
	#:Only 415 valves are used, including all diode elements. Power consumption is 1.5KW		#:Only 415 [[vacuum tube\|valves]] are used, including all [[diode]] elements. Power consumption is 1.5KW
	#:Input and output equipment varies with the requirements of the users, three types being available~~---~~		#:Input and output equipment varies with the requirements of the users, three types being available
	#:# Punched-paper tape read photo-electrically as input, output to ~~reporforator~~ or teleprinter.		#:# Punched-[[paper tape]] read photo-electrically as input, output to re-perforator or teleprinter.
	#:# Magnetic-tape input and high-speed output. Printing via a teleprinter.		#:# [[Magnetic tape]] input and high-speed output. Printing via a teleprinter.
	#:# Punched-card input and intermediate store. Output via Hollerith tabulator."		#:# [[Punched card]] input and intermediate store. Output via Hollerith tabulator."

	Unfortunately the kit turned out to be incomplete, and also not particularly good ("unsound" is the term used in the reference).		Unfortunately the kit turned out to be incomplete, and also not particularly good ("unsound" is the term used in the reference). Thomas Hysing and crew at [[SINTEF\|CCIR]] ('''SI''') in Oslo got the computer working in the spring of 1953 after a number of modifications and extensions. By 1954 NUSSE was considered sufficiently stable to go to the operational phase, and was moved to the ''Norwegian Computing Centre'' ([[NCC]]).
	Thomas Hysing and crew at [[SINTEF\|CCIR]] ('''SI''') in Oslo got the computer working in the spring of 1953 after a number of modifications and extensions. By 1954 NUSSE was considered sufficiently stable to go to the operational phase, and was moved to the ''Norwegian Computing Centre'' ([[NCC]]).

	* Main memory: Rotating drum with 512 32-bit words ''(some sources say 36 bits, which could explain the instruction bits issue mentioned below)''		* [[Main memory]]: Rotating drum with 512 32-bit words ''(some sources say 36 bits, which could explain the instruction bits issue mentioned below)''
	* Input/Output: 5-channel paper tape and a Teletype printer. This appears to have been extended somewhat later, see the "Faster than thought" reference above		* Input/Output: 5-channel paper tape and a Teletype printer. This appears to have been extended somewhat later, see the "Faster than thought" reference above
	* 3 main ~~registers~~: ''Ar'', ''Mr'', ''Or''		* 3 main [[register]]s: ''Ar'', ''Mr'', ''Or''

	The instruction format appears to have been as follows:		The [[instruction]] format appears to have been as follows:
	* 7 bits for ''counter'' (n)		* 7 bits for ''counter'' (n)
	* 10 bits for ''data address'' (x-addr)		* 10 bits for ''data [[address]]'' (x-addr)
	* 5 bits for ''operation'' (op)		* 5 bits for ''[[operation code\|operation]]'' (op)
	* 10 bits for ''address of next instruction'' (y-addr)		* 10 bits for ''address of next instruction'' (y-addr)
	(The above adds up to 32 bits, there is some unclear issues here (to the wiki article writer) in that the format is also described as having a bit '(b)' which is called ''Not Used'').		(The above adds up to 32 bits, there is some unclear issues here (to the wiki article writer) in that the format is also described as having a bit '(b)' which is called ''Not Used'').
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	The NUSSE was decommisioned in 1961.		The NUSSE was decommisioned in 1961.

	==~~Sources~~==		==External links==

	* ''Applications and Technologies for Maritime and Offshore Industries'', by Trygve Reenskaug, Department of informatics, University of Oslo		* ''Applications and Technologies for Maritime and Offshore Industries'', by Trygve Reenskaug, Department of informatics, University of Oslo

Larsbrinkhoff: Unique, and a bit nutty.

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Unique, and a bit nutty.

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	[[Category: Early Computers]]		[[Category: Early Computers]]
	[[Category: Mainframes]]		[[Category: Mainframes]]
			[[Category: Unique Computers]]

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	* ''Applications and Technologies for Maritime and Offshore Industries'', by Trygve Reenskaug, Department of informatics, University of Oslo		* ''Applications and Technologies for Maritime and Offshore Industries'', by Trygve Reenskaug, Department of informatics, University of Oslo

	[[~~category~~: Mainframes]]		[[Category: Early Computers]]
			[[Category: Mainframes]]

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	NUSSE was the Norsk Universell Siffermaskin, Selvstyrt, Elektronisk computer, which was based on an [[APEXC\|APEXC(N)]] (sometimes called ''APE(X)C'') in kit form after contact with [[A.D. Booth]] at the UK Birkbeck College. A computer at the scale of [[EDSAC]] was out of reach financially for Norway at the time, but the APEXC(N) was affordable.		'''NUSSE''' was the Norsk Universell Siffermaskin, Selvstyrt, Elektronisk computer, which was based on an [[APEXC\|APEXC(N)]] (sometimes called ''APE(X)C'') in kit form after contact with [[A.D. Booth]] at the UK Birkbeck College. A computer at the scale of [[EDSAC]] was out of reach financially for Norway at the time, but the APEXC(N) was affordable.

	There are two references in UK books by [[A.D. Booth\|A. D. Booth]] to this computer,		There are two references in UK books by [[A.D. Booth\|A. D. Booth]] to this computer,
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	* ''Applications and Technologies for Maritime and Offshore Industries'', by Trygve Reenskaug, Department of informatics, University of Oslo		* ''Applications and Technologies for Maritime and Offshore Industries'', by Trygve Reenskaug, Department of informatics, University of Oslo

	[[category:~~Computers~~]]		[[category: Mainframes]]

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	Unfortunately the kit turned out to be incomplete, and also not particularly good ("unsound" is the term used in the reference).		Unfortunately the kit turned out to be incomplete, and also not particularly good ("unsound" is the term used in the reference).
	Thomas Hysing and crew at [[SINTEF\|CCIR]] ('''SI''') in Oslo got the computer working in the spring of [[1953]] after a number of modifications and extensions. By [[1954]] NUSSE was considered sufficiently stable to go to the operational phase, and was moved to the ''Norwegian Computing Centre'' ([[NCC]]).		Thomas Hysing and crew at [[SINTEF\|CCIR]] ('''SI''') in Oslo got the computer working in the spring of 1953 after a number of modifications and extensions. By 1954 NUSSE was considered sufficiently stable to go to the operational phase, and was moved to the ''Norwegian Computing Centre'' ([[NCC]]).

	* Main memory: Rotating drum with 512 32-bit words ''(some sources say 36 bits, which could explain the instruction bits issue mentioned below)''		* Main memory: Rotating drum with 512 32-bit words ''(some sources say 36 bits, which could explain the instruction bits issue mentioned below)''

Tor: NUSSE used a 36-bit word according to some sources. TBC at this point.

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NUSSE used a 36-bit word according to some sources. TBC at this point.

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	Thomas Hysing and crew at [[SINTEF\|CCIR]] ('''SI''') in Oslo got the computer working in the spring of [[1953]] after a number of modifications and extensions. By [[1954]] NUSSE was considered sufficiently stable to go to the operational phase, and was moved to the ''Norwegian Computing Centre'' ([[NCC]]).		Thomas Hysing and crew at [[SINTEF\|CCIR]] ('''SI''') in Oslo got the computer working in the spring of [[1953]] after a number of modifications and extensions. By [[1954]] NUSSE was considered sufficiently stable to go to the operational phase, and was moved to the ''Norwegian Computing Centre'' ([[NCC]]).

	* Main memory: Rotating drum with 512 32-bit words		* Main memory: Rotating drum with 512 32-bit words ''(some sources say 36 bits, which could explain the instruction bits issue mentioned below)''
	* Input/Output: 5-channel paper tape and a Teletype printer. This appears to have been extended somewhat later, see the "Faster than thought" reference above		* Input/Output: 5-channel paper tape and a Teletype printer. This appears to have been extended somewhat later, see the "Faster than thought" reference above
	* 3 main registers: ''Ar'', ''Mr'', ''Or''		* 3 main registers: ''Ar'', ''Mr'', ''Or''

Tor: Stumbled over a paper describing NUSSE in more detail

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Stumbled over a paper describing NUSSE in more detail

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-NUSSE was the Norsk Universell Siffermaskin, Selvstyrt, Elektronisk computer which was a copy of the UK Birkbeck College design possibly the first clone in the world circa 1952-1954.
+NUSSE was the Norsk Universell Siffermaskin, Selvstyrt, Elektronisk computer, which was based on an [[APEXC|APEXC(N)]] (sometimes called ''APE(X)C'') in kit form after contact with [[A.D. Booth]] at the UK Birkbeck College. A computer at the scale of [[EDSAC]] was out of reach financially for Norway at the time, but the APEXC(N) was affordable.
 There are two references in UK books by [[A.D. Booth|A. D. Booth]] to this computer,
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 #:# Punched-card input and intermediate store. Output via Hollerith tabulator."
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	NUSSE was the Norsk Universell Siffermaskin, Selvstyrt, Elektronisk computer which was a copy of the UK Birkbeck College design possibly the first clone in the world circa 1952-1954.		NUSSE was the Norsk Universell Siffermaskin, Selvstyrt, Elektronisk computer which was a copy of the UK Birkbeck College design possibly the first clone in the world circa 1952-1954.

	There are two references in UK books by A. D. Booth to this computer,		There are two references in UK books by [[A.D. Booth\|A. D. Booth]] to this computer,

	# "Automatic Digital Computers" 1953 1955 reprint chap 35 p270		# "Automatic Digital Computers" 1953 1955 reprint chap 35 p270

Tor: Typo: miniatue -> miniature

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Typo: miniatue -> miniature

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	# "Faster than Thought" 1953, 1955 reprint chap 13 p171		# "Faster than Thought" 1953, 1955 reprint chap 13 p171
	#:"A.P.E.N.C. Norwegian Board for Computing Machines		#:"A.P.E.N.C. Norwegian Board for Computing Machines
	#:The machines are properly engineered versions of S.E.C. built with ~~miniatue~~ components. The digit repetition rate is 50kc/s. Storage capacity is of the magnetic drum type and gives 512 thirty-two-digit binary numbers. The machine is provided with a high-speed, short-cutting multiplier and takes 500usec for addition and subtraction, and (n x 500) usec for multiplication, where n is the number of "live" digits in the multiplier.		#:The machines are properly engineered versions of S.E.C. built with miniature components. The digit repetition rate is 50kc/s. Storage capacity is of the magnetic drum type and gives 512 thirty-two-digit binary numbers. The machine is provided with a high-speed, short-cutting multiplier and takes 500usec for addition and subtraction, and (n x 500) usec for multiplication, where n is the number of "live" digits in the multiplier.
	#:Only 415 valves are used, including all diode elements. Power consumption is 1.5KW		#:Only 415 valves are used, including all diode elements. Power consumption is 1.5KW
	#:Input and output equipment varies with the requirements of the users, three types being available---		#:Input and output equipment varies with the requirements of the users, three types being available---

Toresbe: Formatting

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Formatting

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	There are two references in UK books by A. D. Booth to this computer,		There are two references in UK books by A. D. Booth to this computer,

	1. "Automatic Digital Computers" 1953 1955 reprint chap 35 p270		# "Automatic Digital Computers" 1953 1955 reprint chap 35 p270
			#:"Up to the present, two copies of APE(x)C are in existence. The first at the Norwegian Board of Computing Machines, Oslo, under the direction of Dr. T. Hysing, is undergoing tests. The second is in general use at the laboratories of the British Tabulating Machines Company."
	"Up to the present, two copies of APE(x)C are in existence. The first at the Norwegian Board of Computing Machines, Oslo, under the direction of Dr. T. Hysing, is undergoing tests. The second is in general use at the laboratories of the British Tabulating Machines Company."		# "Faster than Thought" 1953, 1955 reprint chap 13 p171
			#:"A.P.E.N.C. Norwegian Board for Computing Machines
	2. "Faster than Thought" 1953, 1955 reprint chap 13 p171		#:The machines are properly engineered versions of S.E.C. built with miniatue components. The digit repetition rate is 50kc/s. Storage capacity is of the magnetic drum type and gives 512 thirty-two-digit binary numbers. The machine is provided with a high-speed, short-cutting multiplier and takes 500usec for addition and subtraction, and (n x 500) usec for multiplication, where n is the number of "live" digits in the multiplier.
			#:Only 415 valves are used, including all diode elements. Power consumption is 1.5KW
	"A.P.E.N.C. Norwegian Board for Computing Machines		#:Input and output equipment varies with the requirements of the users, three types being available---
			#:# Punched-paper tape read photo-electrically as input, output to reporforator or teleprinter.
	The machines are properly engineered versions of S.E.C. built with miniatue components. The digit repetition rate is 50kc/s. Storage capacity is of the magnetic drum type and gives 512 thirty-two-digit binary numbers. The machine is provided with a high-speed, short-cutting multiplier and takes 500usec for addition and subtraction, and (n x 500) usec for multiplication, where n is the number of "live" digits in the multiplier.		#:# Magnetic-tape input and high-speed output. Printing via a teleprinter.
			#:# Punched-card input and intermediate store. Output via Hollerith tabulator."
	Only 415 valves are used, including all diode elements. Power consumption is 1.5KW

	Input and output equipment varies with the requirements of the users, three types being available---

	1. Punched-paper tape read photo-electrically as input, output to reporforator or teleprinter.
	2. Magnetic-tape input and high-speed output. Printing via a teleprinter.
	3. Punched-card input and intermediate store. Output via Hollerith tabulator."


	[[category:Computers]]		[[category:Computers]]