<s>
Nord-1	B-Device
was	O
Norsk	O
Data	O
's	O
first	O
minicomputer	B-Architecture
and	O
the	O
first	O
commercially	O
available	O
computer	O
made	O
in	O
Norway	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
a	O
16-bit	B-Device
system	O
,	O
developed	O
in	O
1967	O
from	O
the	O
Simulation	B-Device
for	I-Device
Automatic	I-Device
Machinery	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
Nord-1	B-Device
(	O
serial	O
number	O
2	O
)	O
installed	O
was	O
at	O
the	O
heart	O
of	O
a	O
complete	O
ship	O
system	O
aboard	O
a	O
Japanese-built	O
cargo	O
liner	O
,	O
the	O
Taimyr	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
system	O
included	O
bridge	O
control	O
,	O
power	O
management	O
,	O
load	O
condition	O
monitoring	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
first	O
ever	O
computer-controlled	O
,	O
radar-sensed	O
anti-collision	O
system	O
(	O
Automatic	B-Algorithm
Radar	I-Algorithm
Plotting	I-Algorithm
Aid	I-Algorithm
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Taimyr	O
's	O
Nord-1	B-Device
turned	O
out	O
reliable	O
for	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
with	O
more	O
than	O
a	O
year	O
between	O
failures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
probably	O
the	O
first	O
minicomputer	B-Architecture
to	O
feature	O
floating-point	B-Algorithm
arithmetic	I-Algorithm
equipment	O
as	O
standard	O
,	O
and	O
had	O
an	O
unusually	O
rich	O
complement	O
of	O
hardware	B-General_Concept
registers	I-General_Concept
for	O
its	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
featured	O
relative	B-General_Concept
addressing	I-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
a	O
fully	O
automatic	O
context	O
switched	O
interrupt	B-Application
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
the	O
first	O
minicomputer	B-Architecture
to	O
offer	O
virtual	B-Architecture
memory	I-Architecture
,	O
offered	O
as	O
an	O
option	O
by	O
1969	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
succeeded	O
by	O
the	O
Nord-10	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Nord-1	B-Device
has	O
been	O
unusually	O
well-preserved	O
.	O
</s>
