Norsk Data Nord-10/S restoration effort on the way!

[Joe R.]

At 07:34 PM 11/13/04 +0000, you wrote:
>On Sat, 2004-11-13 at 06:21 +0100, Tore S Bekkedal wrote:
>> the crown
>> jewel of the collection was definately (IMO :) a NORD-10/S minicomputer
>> with a 9-track Pertec rebrand tape drive. /S means "With various
>> enhancements, like cache" in Norwegian. Terse language, you see. :P
>
>Nice going :-)  
>
>That reminds me, a little update. I'm making progress on getting hold of
>the ND100 machine. There's a little pressure on getting the docs soon as
>they're in someone's way, but the machine itself is safe and sound where
>it is at present. Actually, it's on a tiny island in the middle of a
>river... getting it off the island is going to be interesting. I've not
>done a water rescue before :-)

   I once rescued a Corvair out of the middle of a river (No island!)  It was -- interesting!

    Joe