gnu@hoptoad.uucp (John Gilmore) (02/05/87)
[I don't have an ST and I don't have any connection with the folks who did the port, or with Whitesmiths, who wrote Idris. I just thought you might want to know. I have interspersed my unbiased :-) opinions in [] -- gnu] A sheet ended up floating around the vendor information tables at Usenix. I quote: IDRIS 3.0 Computer Tools International Inc is proud to announce porting of the Idris operating system to the Atari ST computers. Idris is a mature Unix-like operating system that is compatible with 1984 /usr/group standard for Unix-like systems. It has a rich set of utilities for file and text manipulation. Idris provides a large array of inter process communication facilities, such as pipes, shared memory, locks, and messages. Features: true multi-user and multi-tasking, real-time support for embedded applications, C and pascal compilers and function libraries, assembler and debugger, C graphics output library (VDI output functions), TOS cross development utilities, pascal to c translator, support for modem, printer and midi ports of the ST, supports 520ST and 1040ST computers. Suggested retail prices: [the usual unbundled BS -- gnu] Idris with utilities: $400 executive[kernel], IPC, device drivers for Atari & Supra disks, and serial port drivers. C and Pascal compilers: $200 Whitesmiths C and Pascal; function libs; archive and librarian; debugger [I haven't used Whitesmiths compilers but have heard bad things about them for years. -- gnu] text and document preparation utilities: $200 text formatter, output device filters, macro capability [Not clear which, if any, of these packages includes the usual Unix utilities; assembler; or pascal-to-C; I suspect they are all extra. -- gnu] For more info contact: Computer Tools International Inc. 720 South 333rd St, suire 101 Federal Way, WA 98003 USA Phone +1 206 838 4990 [Personally, I recomment waiting for Minix or GNU, which cost only 10% of this and you get source in the bargain. Idris was one of those "Unix-like" systems that never really got very close, from what I've heard. Then again, it can't be worse than TOS. --gnu] -- John Gilmore {sun,ptsfa,lll-crg,ihnp4}!hoptoad!gnu gnu@ingres.berkeley.edu Love your country but never trust its government. -- from a hand-painted road sign in central Pennsylvania