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From: mjg@ecsvax.UUCP (Michael Gingell)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Re: The word 'TRIPOS'
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Date: Thu, 19-Sep-85 10:33:03 EDT
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> What the heck does 'TRIPOS' have do with the Amiga?
> not a whole lot...perhaps someone 
> ccould  elaborate on this.
> 
> Aloha,
> Jonathan Spangler
> {ihnp4,dual,ucbvax}!islenet!jons



The operating system in the Amiga was done by Metacomo, Bristol
UK and is based on the TRIPOS operating system developed for
the Cambridge Ring (a local area network system). Presumably the
authors graduated from Cambridge University where the exams are
called the TRIPOS after the 3 legged stools students had to sit
on in times of yore.

To Net.fogey - sorry for suggesting the TRIPOS was a 3 part exam
- I should have known better, being English myself.

Mike Gingell