Sintran

Sintran

Developer	Norsk Data, Norwegian Institute of Technology, SINTEF
Written in	Fortran
Working state	Discontinued
Source model	Closed-source
Initial release	1968; 56 years ago (1968)
Final release	Final / 1992; 32 years ago (1992)
Available in	English
Update method	Compile from source code
Platforms	Norsk Data minicomputers, Nord-1 terminal servers
Kernel type	Monolithic
Default user interface	Command-line
License	Proprietary
Succeeded by	Sintran II, Sintran III

Sintran (a portmanteau of SINTEF and Fortran; stylized as SINTRAN) is a range of operating systems (OS) for Norsk Data's line of minicomputers. The original version of Sintran, was written in the programming language Fortran, released in 1968, and developed by the Department of Engineering Cybernetics at the Norwegian Institute of Technology together with the affiliated research institute, SINTEF. The different incarnations of the OS shared only a name, and to a degree, purpose.

Norsk Data took part in developing Sintran II, a multi-user software system that constituted the software platform for the Nord-1 range of terminal servers. By far the most common version of the OS was Sintran III, developed solely by Norsk Data and launched in 1974. This real-time multitasking system was used for Norsk Data's server machines (such as the Nord-10, -100) for the remainder of the company's lifetime, i.e. until 1992.

See also

• Sintran III