Editing TRIPOS (section)

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| name                   = TRIPOS
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| developer              = [[University of Cambridge]], [[University of Bath]], [[MetaComCo]], [[Open G I]]
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| supported_platforms    = [[PDP-11]], [[Computer Automation|Computer Automation LSI4]], [[Data General Nova]], [[Motorola 68000]], [[Intel 8086]], [[Cintcode BCPL]] ([[virtual machine|VM]])
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| released               = {{Start date and age|1978}}
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| programmed_in          = [[BCPL]], [[Assembly language]]
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| working_state          = Discontinued
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'''TRIPOS''' ('''''TRI'''vial '''P'''ortable '''O'''perating '''S'''ystem'') is a [[computer]] [[operating system]]. Development started in 1976 at the [[University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory|Computer Laboratory]] of [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge University]] and it was headed by Dr. [[Martin Richards (computer scientist)|Martin Richards]]. The first version appeared in January 1978 and it originally ran on a [[PDP-11]]{{citation needed|date=November 2015}}. Later it was ported to the [[Computer Automation|Computer Automation LSI4]] and the [[Data General Nova]]. Work on a [[Motorola 68000]] version started in 1981 at the [[University of Bath]]. [[MetaComCo]] acquired the rights to the 68000 version and continued development until TRIPOS was chosen by [[Commodore International|Commodore]] in March 1985 to form part of an operating system for their new [[Amiga]] computer; it was also used at Cambridge as part of the [[Cambridge Distributed Computing System]].

Students in the [[Department of Computer Science and Technology, University of Cambridge|Computer Science department at Cambridge]] affectionately refer to TRIPOS as the ''Terribly Reliable, Incredibly Portable Operating System''. The name TRIPOS also refers to the [[Tripos|Tripos system of undergraduate courses and examinations]], which is unique to Cambridge University.