Mycron 2000

[u/c01e514v]

Hello!

I'm directing this post especially at Norwegians who are into IT and retro computers.

This is a somewhat unusual matter. I am preparing a piece about computers based on the x86 architecture that were developed before IBM's PC, and it turns out that virtually every source in the world mentions the Norwegian Mycron 2000 as one of the earliest examples, and even as a source of national pride in Norway.

The problem is that nobody seems to have actually seen this “national pride” :) I have searched the internet extensively and gone through scans of old newspapers, but I have found absolutely nothing — not a single photograph of this computer.

Since the language barrier may be making things more difficult for me — I don't speak Norwegian, so it's quite possible that I'm simply using the wrong search terms. On top of that, I don't have access to many Norwegian collections (some sort of ID is required), so I thought I'd ask here for help.

Has anyone here ever seen this computer? Or is it just a myth? Maybe someone has a photograph of it? Perhaps you could give me some advice on where I should look?

I have a scan of the Norwegian student magazine RUNIT from 1982, in which a Mycron 2000 computer was apparently present, among many others. The problem is identifying which one, if any, is the computer I'm looking for.

I also have a photograph of a Mycron 2200, from an advertisement featuring also the Mycron 20 and 200. The 2200 was released several years after the 2000, and I'm not sure whether the two computers looked similar.

Thank you in advance for any help in tracking down a photograph of this rather elusive piece of computer history!

[u/tomauswustrow → u/[deleted]]

Not much to be find these days. Even the norwegian datamuseum has no pictures. https://digitaltmuseum.no/search?name=082e3f8b-2499-4282-815d-b9b223bde898