NORD-TSS

The NORD Time Sharing System was designed and implemented over a period of three years. During the summer holidays of 1971, Bo Lewendal (system programmer at Norsk Data) implemented the initial version. It was further developed throughout 1972, and was a finished product in 1973.

NORD-TSS has the following general features:

• Has a command interpreter (Utility Command Processor)
• Can run FORTRAN, BASIC, MAC, QED, TRAM and more, and user programs
• Has a general purpose file system with various types of access and protection modes
• Peripheral devices are included in the file system
• Has a HELP command
• Has a DESCRIBE command (utility program or subsystem) for short descriptions of any command
• Includes a MAIL subsystem for sending messages to other users
• Includes a system for online communication with other users (internal IRC?)
• Has a batch processing system
• Has various commands for investigation and administration
• Has a Monitor Call System to provide user access to input / output functions, string functions, formatting routines and file system routines (system functions)

Sources

• Timesharing: What, Why and Whiter [sic] by Bo Lewendal
• History of Nordic Computing 3