Panos (operating system)

Infobox OS
name = Panos



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developer = Acorn Computers
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supported_platforms = BBC Micro 32016 Second Processor, Acorn Cambridge Workstation
ui = Command line interface
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marketing_target = Academic and scientific user community
programmed_in = Modula-2
prog_language = FORTRAN 77, C, Pascal, LISP
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working_state = Historic
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Panos was a computer operating system developed by Acorn Computers in the 1980s, which ran on the 32016 Second Processor for the BBC Micro, and the Acorn Cambridge Workstation. These systems had essentially the same architecture, based on a 32-bit NS32016 CPU; the ACW having a BBC Micro-based "I/O processor". Access to the I/O processor was through a NS32016 firmware kernel called "Pandora".

Panos ran on the NS32016 and was a rudimentary single-user operating system, written in Modula-2. It provided a simple command line interpreter, a text editor and access to DFS, ADFS or NFS file systems via the I/O processor. Targeted at the academic and scientific user community, it came bundled with compilers for the FORTRAN 77, C, Pascal and LISP programming languages.

References

*cite book
title=Panos Guide to Operations
publisher=Acorn Computers
date=July 1985
url=http://acorn.chriswhy.co.uk/docs/Acorn/Manuals/Guide_to_Operations.pdf
isbn=0907876439

*cite book
title=Technical Reference Manual for Panos
publisher=Acorn Computers
date=June 1986
url=http://mdfs.net/Docs/Books/32016CoPro/TechnicalReferenceManual.txt

*cite book
title=Acorn Cambridge Workstation
publisher=Acorn Computers
url=http://acorn.chriswhy.co.uk/docs/Acorn/Brochures/Acorn_ACW.pdf