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It was constructed out of 15"x15" [[printed circuit board]]s, which was somewhat larger than what its main competitor, [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]], was using at the time, giving it a manufacturing cost advantage. | It was constructed out of 15"x15" [[printed circuit board]]s, which was somewhat larger than what its main competitor, [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]], was using at the time, giving it a manufacturing cost advantage. | ||
==External link== | |||
* [http://users.rcn.com/crfriend/museum/doco/DG/Nova/ Data General NOVA ® | |||
Instruction Set Summary] | |||
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Revision as of 16:54, 13 July 2018
The Nova was Data General's first product, a 16-bit minicomputer. It had a load-store architecture, with 4 accumulators. There were separate 8/16-bit busses to main memory and peripherals.
It was constructed out of 15"x15" printed circuit boards, which was somewhat larger than what its main competitor, DEC, was using at the time, giving it a manufacturing cost advantage.
External link
- [http://users.rcn.com/crfriend/museum/doco/DG/Nova/ Data General NOVA ®
Instruction Set Summary]
