Nodus 1

Nodus 1, known at the time as the Nodus Graphical Environment or the Nexus Node Graphical Environment, was the first series of versions of the NOE environment, and was first released on November 15, 1986, although extended releases continued until 1991. It was released alongside the Nexus Node, and Nodus 1.1 was released alongside the Nexus Node C. 
== Development ==
The idea of a graphical operating system had captivated the interest of several key players in Nexus Technologies during the 1980s. Robert Peer, a software engineer who had worked with Apple in the early 80s, developed an alternate vision for graphical operating systems that would be finalized in a report he gave to his supervisor Ken Smith, an executive who in the 70s worked on the Xerox Alto, and was also leader of the software development team behind the Nexus Node, the next generation that would succeed the modestly successful Nexus III. In early March of 1985, conflicts between the software and hardware team over the processor and RAM began which nearly ended the graphical shell project, being saved when in April 8, the software team sent a prototype of the product to CEO Alexander Olde, who "gave the go-ahead" for the team to continue the product.
The processor for the Nexus Node was initially going to be the Zilog Z800, which would be released in 1985, however in late 1985, a series of negotiations between Acorn Computers and Nexus following Zilog's cancelling of the Z800 in favor of the Z80000 caused the Node development team to switch from using Zilog's architecture to ARM's RISC architecture, delaying the launch to late 1986. However, without the Z800's known calculation issues, and ARM's much more efficient instruction set, the later development versions of Nodus were allowed greater freedom, resulting in Nodus' more advanced look in comparison to competitors.
=== Post-release development ===
The first version, Nodus 1.0, debuted with the Nexus Node itself on November 15, 1986. Following hotfixed version in 1987, Nodus 1.1 was released in June 26, 1988, which introduced support with the larger PC ecosystem aswell as several performance enhancements and the inclusion of basic board games and a command line. Nodus 1.5 was released in tandem with Nodus 2.0 and the double-A line of computers in 1990. A year later, in June 1991, Nodus 1.6 was released with compatibility for 32-bit software and two months later in August, the final version, Nodus 1.61, was released, mostly a security hotfix.
== Reception ==
When the Nexus Node was released in 1986, the main focuses were in scholarly environments, such as universities and research stations. Across Europe, alone 2,000 computers were ordered by several scientific institutions and organizations, a modest success. Late in 1987, a reduced version of the Node known as the Node C was released and sold as a home computer in the US and Europe. Along with the Node C was an update to Nodus, which had compatibility with the PC ecosystem of computers. Although far more capable than most other operating systems at the time, Nodus 1.1 was only used by 5% of consumers, compared to the near dominance of Amiga OS and macOS, each around 45% of the market.
The massive chip shortage in 1988 meant that production of Node C computers were vastly reduced, resulting in Nodus 1.1's growth being effectively levelled. Additionally, the internal completion schedule of the Archimedes and Achilles line of computers, alongside Nodus 2.0 was delayed from early 1989 to late 1990 to compensate.
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