Lilith (computer)

The DISER Lilith is a custom-built workstation computer based on the Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) 2901 bit-slicing processor, created by a group led by Niklaus Wirth at ETH Zurich. The project began in 1977, and by 1984 several hundred workstations were in use. It has a high-resolution full-page portrait oriented cathode-ray tube display, a mouse, a laser printer interface, and a computer networking interface. Its software is written fully in Modula-2 and includes a relational database program named Lidas.

History

The development of Lilith was influenced by the Xerox Alto from the Xerox PARC (1973) where Niklaus Wirth spent a sabbatical from 1976 to 1977. Unable to bring back one of the Alto systems to Europe, Wirth decided to build a new system from scratch between 1978 and 1980, selling it under the company name DISER (Data Image Sound Processor and Emitter Receiver System). In 1985, he had a second sabbatical leave to PARC, which led to the design of the Oberon System. Ceres, the follow-up to Lilith, was released in 1987. ==Operating system==

Operating system

The Lilith operating system, named Medos-2, was developed at ETH Zurich, by Svend Erik Knudsen with advice from Wirth. It is a single-user, object-oriented operating system built from modules of Modula-2. Its design influenced the design of the operating system Excelsior, developed for the Soviet Kronos workstation (see below), by the Kronos Research Group (KRG). ==Soviet variants==

Soviet variants

From 1986 into the early 1990s, Soviet Union technologists created and produced a line of printed circuit board systems, and workstations based on them, all named Kronos. The workstations were based on Lilith, and made in small numbers. ==Mouse==

Mouse

The computer mouse of the Lilith was custom designed, and later used with the Smaky computers. It then inspired the first mice produced by Logitech. == Gallery ==

Gallery

File:Diser Lilith-IMG 1729.jpg|The vertical screen, keyboard and mouse of the Diser Lilith File:Lilith-IMG 7326.jpg|Vertical tower central unit File:Lilith-Internal-View.jpg|Internal view of the Lilith, showcasing the CPU boards File:Lilith-Front-View.jpg|Front view of the Lilith workstation ==References==

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