[Oberon] Oberon genealogy.

[Chris Burrows]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Oberon [mailto:oberon-bounces at lists.inf.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of
> peter at easthope.ca
> Sent: Tuesday, 19 January 2021 2:27 AM
> To: oberon at lists.inf.ethz.ch
> Subject: [Oberon] Re (2): Oberon genealogy.
> 
> From: Joerg <joerg.straube at iaeth.ch>
> Date: Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 9:17 AM
> > Just as a remark to the genealogy:
> > a yellow box =E2=80=9EMedos-2=E2=80=9C could be added; running on
> > (red) Lil= ith HW
> > https://www.research-collection.ethz.ch/handle/20.500.11850/137906
> > Medos-2 can be seen as grand grand father of today=E2=80=98s Oberon
> system.
> 
> I need help arranging the diagram properly.
> 
> Lilith is in the Wikipedia.  "1977, Lilith" is in Ivan's diagram.
> According to Wikipedia, the machine was developed '78-'80.  Either
> '77 is too early or Wikipedia is too late.
> 

The following is described in section 1.4 Historical Notes of Diss. ETH No.
7646, "Lilith: A Workstation Computer for Modula-2", by Richard Ohran,
Zurich 1984.

"The following timetable outlines significant events in the Lilith project:

Oct 1977  Start of Project

Sep 1978  Completion of the first (wirewrap) prototype at ETH - without disk

Sep 1979  Completion of second prototype (printed circuits)

Jan 1980  Start of 30 unit production at Brigham Young University in Provo,
Utah

Jun 1980  Medos-2 operational on Lilith
          Compiler transferred from PDP-11

Oct 1980  Delivery of 10 units to ETH

..."

Regards,
Chris Burrows
CFB Software
https://www.cfbsoftware.com/modula2