▁company ' s ▁share ▁value ▁hal ved ▁on ▁ 1 9 ▁October ▁ 1 9 8 7 ▁and ▁never ▁recovered . ▁The ▁company ▁went ▁through ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁re organ izations , ▁but ▁the ▁company ▁never ▁succeeded ▁at ▁making ▁money ▁on ▁open ▁systems ▁and ▁the ▁last ▁area ▁with ▁prof its ▁was ▁sales ▁to ▁existing ▁Sin tr an ▁customers . ▁From ▁ 1 9 8 8 ▁the ▁company ▁was ▁gradually ▁split ▁up ; ▁parts ▁were ▁sold ▁to ▁foreign ▁compet itors ▁while ▁others ▁were ▁sp un ▁off ▁as ▁subs idi aries ▁or ▁sold . ▁By ▁ 1 9 9 3 ▁all ▁equ ity ▁had ▁been ▁lost ▁and ▁the ▁remaining ▁parts ▁of ▁the ▁company ▁sold ▁off ▁or ▁taken ▁over ▁by ▁the ▁credit ors . ▁The ▁main ▁parts ▁of ▁company ▁were ▁bought ▁by ▁T elen or . ▁ ▁Est ab lish ment ▁ ▁Nor sk ▁Data ▁grew ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁development ▁Sim ulation ▁for ▁Autom atic ▁Mach in ery ▁ 2 ▁( S AM ▁ 2 ), ▁a ▁min ic om put er ▁developed ▁at ▁the ▁Norwegian ▁Def ence ▁Research ▁Est ab lish ment ▁( ND RE ). ▁The ▁computer ▁was ▁ordered ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 6 ▁for ▁analysis ▁of ▁satellite ▁data ▁at ▁T rom s ø ▁Sat ellite ▁Station ▁( T SS ) ▁and ▁was ▁the ▁third ▁computer ▁built ▁by ▁N D RE . ▁The ▁main ▁developers ▁of ▁the ▁system ▁were ▁R olf ▁Sk år , ▁Per ▁B j ør ge , ▁Lars ▁Mon rad - K ro hn ▁and ▁Y ng var ▁Lund h