TRIPOS

TRIPOS is a historical operating system developed at the University of Cambridge in the late 1960s and early 1970s. It was initially created for the Modular One computer system manufactured by Computer Technology Limited (CTL). TRIPOS was designed to be a flexible and extensible operating system, intended to support research in operating systems design, programming languages, and computer architecture.

Key features of TRIPOS included its modular design, which allowed for different components to be easily added or replaced. This was intended to facilitate experimentation and research. The system also featured a hierarchical file system and supported multiple programming languages, notably BCPL (a predecessor to C).

TRIPOS gained prominence for its role in the development of the Amiga operating system. Members of the TRIPOS development team at Cambridge subsequently joined Amiga Corporation, and TRIPOS served as a key influence on the design of the Amiga's operating system kernel, Exec. Many of the concepts and even some of the code from TRIPOS found their way into the Amiga operating system.

While TRIPOS itself is not widely used today, its legacy lives on through its influence on the Amiga operating system and its contribution to the field of operating systems research. The system represents an important step in the evolution of operating systems from simpler batch-oriented systems to more complex, interactive, and modular environments.