Nova 16-bit minicomputers

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Nova 16-bit minicomputers were a popular line of compact, cost-effective minicomputers introduced in the late 1960s that became widely used in scientific, industrial, and embedded applications.

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instanceOf computer hardware platform ⓘ
minicomputer family ⓘ
architectureType minicomputer ⓘ
commercialSuccess widely adopted in OEM and embedded markets ⓘ
competitiveWith Digital Equipment Corporation PDP-11 ⓘ
linked to: PDP-11

Digital Equipment Corporation PDP-8 ⓘ
linked to: PDP-8
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
cpuType discrete TTL logic CPU ⓘ
designedFor embedded systems ⓘ
industrial control applications ⓘ
scientific applications ⓘ
developer Data General engineering team led by Edson de Castro ⓘ
era third generation computers ⓘ
formFactor rack-mounted system ⓘ
influenced later embedded minicomputer designs ⓘ
instructionSetStyle accumulator-based architecture ⓘ
introducedInDecade late 1960s ⓘ
introducedInYear 1969 ⓘ
iOArchitecture memory-mapped I/O ⓘ
manufacturer Data General Corporation ⓘ
marketedAs compact ⓘ
cost-effective ⓘ
memoryType core memory (early models) ⓘ
notableFor high reliability for its time ⓘ
low cost compared to mainframes ⓘ
simple, clean instruction set ⓘ
use in real-time control ⓘ
notableModel Data General Nova 1200 ⓘ
Data General Nova 2 ⓘ
Data General Nova 3 ⓘ
Data General Nova 4 ⓘ
notablePublication featured in Data General marketing literature in early 1970s ⓘ
operatingSystem Data General DOS ⓘ
Data General RDOS ⓘ
powerRequirement relatively low power consumption for its era ⓘ
primaryBusWidth 16-bit ⓘ
successor Data General Eclipse minicomputers ⓘ
supports assembly language programming ⓘ
typicalUseEnvironment computer rooms ⓘ
industrial plants ⓘ
research laboratories ⓘ
usedIn data acquisition systems ⓘ
laboratory instrumentation ⓘ
military and aerospace systems ⓘ
process control systems ⓘ
wordSize 16-bit ⓘ

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Data General → knownFor → Nova 16-bit minicomputers ⓘ
Edson de Castro → notableWork → Data General Nova minicomputer (as project leader at Data General) ⓘ
linked to: Nova 16-bit minicomputers
Data General → notableProduct → Nova minicomputer ⓘ
subject linked to: DG
linked to: Nova 16-bit minicomputers
Data General Corporation → knownFor → Nova minicomputer line ⓘ
linked to: Nova 16-bit minicomputers