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ETH Oberon System Genealogy Tree
Note: Suggestions for corrections and hints for improvement are welcome. The dates are approximative.
Genesis of the Oberon System and its ports
| System name | Target Machine | Processor | OS | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lilith (ETH) | |||||
| 1985 | Oberon | Ceres-1 (ETH) | NS 32032 | Fall: Oberon project start | |
| 1987 | Mid-year: Draft Oberon version | ||||
| 1988 | Oberon Wir88a, Wir88a | Ceres-2 (ETH) | NS 32532 | Oberon (native) | Mid-year: Oberon system introduced at the ETH |
| 1989 | Oberon in programming courses | ||||
| 1990 | Oberon | Ceres-3 (ETH) | NS 32GX32 | Portable compiler Cre90 | |
| System completion | |||||
| 1991 | Spark-Oberon Tem90 | SPARCstation (SUN) | SPARC | UNIX (SunOS) | Oberon-2 MoW91a, MoW91b |
| MacOberon Fra90a, Fra90b | Macintosh II (Apple) | MC68020 | MacOS | ||
| DEC-Oberon | DECstation 3100 and 5000 (DEC) | MIPS R2000 | UNIX (Ultrix) | ||
| RISC Oberon | RS/6000 (IBM) | RIOS | UNIX (AIX) | ||
| MS-DOS Oberon Dis93 | Intel-based PC | Intel | MS DOS | ||
| Chameleon Oberon HeP92 | Chameleon (ETH) | LSI LR33000 | Oberon (native) | ||
| Oberon System 3 project start | |||||
| 1992 | System books Rei92, WiG92 | ||||
| 1993 | HP-Oberon Sup94 | HP 9000 Series 700 (HP) | PA-RISC | HP-UX | Object model adopted Cre94, Cre95 |
| Oberon for Windows | Intel-based PC | Intel | MS Windows NT, 3.1 |
Genesis of the ETH Oberon (formerly System 3) and its ports
| System name | Target Machine | Processor | OS | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Gadgets Mar90, Mar91, Mar94b | ||||
| 1991 | Oberon System 3 | Ceres-2 (ETH) | NS 32532 | Oberon (native) | Oberon System 3 project start |
| 1992 | Spirit of Oberon | Intel-based PC | Intel | MS Windows 3.1 and 3.11 | Followed Oberon System 3 for Windows 95/98/NT |
| 1993 | MacOberon | Mac PowerPC 68k-based Mac | MacOS | Fra93a | |
| 1994 | Hybrid Oberon | Intel-based PC | Intel | Hybrid Kernel | Prototype of Native Oberon |
| Native Oberon | Intel-based PC | Intel | Native Oberon | ||
| 1998 | Oberon for Linux | Intel-based PC | Intel | Linux | Replaced by Linux-based Native Oberon |
| Oberon Linux PPC | Mac PowerPC 68k-based Mac | Linux PPC | |||
| SPARC | SPARCstation (SUN) | SPARC | Solaris (SUN) | ||
| HPUX | Beta version | ||||
| Linux-based Oberon | Intel-based PC | Intel | Linux | ||
| 1999 | SharkOberon | DEC DNARD NC | StrongARM | Oberon (native) | |
| Linux x86 | Intel-based PC | Intel | Linux | ||
| Solaris x86 | Intel-based PC | Intel | Solaris | ||
| Programming language project with Microsoft Research | |||||
| 2000 | Renamed to "ETH Oberon" |
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