. ▁S AM ▁ 2 ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁in ▁Europe ▁and ▁among ▁the ▁first ▁three ▁in ▁the ▁world ▁which ▁used ▁integrated ▁circ uits . ▁The ▁project ▁was ▁ris ky , ▁as ▁T SS ▁originally ▁had ▁proposed ▁bu ying ▁an ▁American ▁computer ▁and ▁N D RE ▁would ▁have ▁to ▁buy ▁such ▁a ▁computer ▁if ▁S AM ▁ 2 ▁failed . ▁ ▁As ▁there ▁was ▁time ▁between ▁S AM ▁ 2 ▁was ▁completed ▁and ▁it ▁had ▁to ▁be ▁in ▁T rom s ø , ▁the ▁design ers ▁took ▁it ▁on ▁a ▁tour ▁to ▁Ber gen ▁and ▁Tr ond heim . ▁While ▁in ▁Ber gen ▁the ▁group ▁met ▁an ▁old ▁fellow ▁student , ▁I var ▁A and era a , ▁who ▁was ▁working ▁as ▁an ▁entrepr ene ur . ▁He ▁inspired ▁the ▁others ▁of ▁the ▁jo ys ▁of ▁being ▁self - emp loy ed ▁and ▁a ▁discussion ▁went ▁on ▁all ▁night ▁on ▁the ▁ 2 3 ▁April ▁ 1 9 6 7 ▁about ▁starting ▁up ▁a ▁computer - man ufact uring ▁company . ▁Based ▁on ▁that ▁they ▁had ▁a ▁techn ological ▁edge ▁and ▁believed ▁to ▁have ▁good ▁timing , ▁a ▁decision ▁to ▁start ▁a ▁company ▁was ▁made . ▁ ▁For ▁the ▁entrepr ene urs ▁the ▁main ▁challenge ▁was ▁that ▁their ▁newly ▁created ▁computer ▁was ▁the ▁property ▁of ▁the ▁N D RE , ▁which ▁again ▁had ▁a ▁strateg ic ▁co operation ▁with ▁Kong s berg , ▁both ▁government - owned . ▁They ▁expressed ▁interest ▁in ▁the ▁technology ▁and ▁considered ▁themselves ▁putting ▁it ▁into ▁production . ▁The ▁other