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Perihelion Software
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Unix-like
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Proprietary
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Historic
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Microkernel
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was a
Unix -like
Operating System for parallel computers developed and sold by
Perihelion Software . It was most commonly used on various
Transputer systems, but also supported other architectures. The system provided a micro-kernel that implemented a distributed name space and messaging protocol, through which services were accessed. A
POSIX compatibility library enabled the use of Unix application software, and the system provided most of the usual Unix utilities.
Work on Helios began in the autumn of
1986 .The Helios parallel operating system, p9 Its success was limited by the commercial failure of the Transputer, and efforts to move to other architectures met with limited success. Perihelion ceased trading in
1998 .
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In the early 1980s, Tim King joined
MetaComCo from Bath University, bringing with him some rights to an operating system called
TRIPOS .
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Richardsfirst1=M
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Aylwardfirst2=AR
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Bondfirst3=P
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Evansfirst4=RD
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Knightfirst5=BJ
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TRIPOS -- a Portable Operating System for Mini-computers
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Software Practice and Experience
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"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Pipeline_(Unix)" class="copylinks">Pipeline such as <tt>ls more</tt> is called a ''task force'', and is transparently distributed by the ''Task Force Manager'' server across the available CPUs CDL extended traditional Unix syntax with additional operators for bi-direction pipes, sequential and parallel process farm operators, load balancing and resource management
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