Simulating normally distributed data with constraints

Hi Folks:

I would like to know a practical way to simulate data which are
normally distributed (bell shape curve), but with the following
constraints:

1- I need discrete interval data (I want an histogram, with categories
on the x axis going from say 1 to 500 (thus 500 bars on my histogram)

2- I want a particular number of observation (say 2000....the total
lenght of all the bars, as measure with the y-axis units, sould be
2000)

I just need to simulate some data set with these requirements, so I'm
looking for a quick and easy way to do it.

Thanks a lot,

Charles P.

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