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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. | *Supervision and synchronization of the NORD-50s in the system. | ||
*Running the operating system, SINTRAN III. | *Running the operating system, SINTRAN III. | ||
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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 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 | + | 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-50s themselves do not perform any tasks except for running the application programs. | The NORD-50s themselves do not perform any tasks except for running the application programs. | ||
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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. | 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 | + | To the NORD-10 the NORD-50 looks like any other device and is controlled via standard [[IOX]] instructions. |
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Revision as of 13:28, 7 August 2017
| NORD-50 | |
| Manufacturer: | Norsk Data |
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| Form Factor: | mini |
| Word Size: | 32 bit |
| Physical Address Size: | 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.
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.
- 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-50 can use multiport 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.
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 other device and is controlled via standard IOX instructions.
