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THEOS

October 21, 2023

For other uses, see Theos (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with THE OS.

THEOS, which translates from Greek as "God", is an operating system which started out as OASIS, a microcomputer operating system for small computers that use the Z80 processor. When the operating system was launched for the IBM Personal Computer/AT in 1982, the decision was taken to change the name from OASIS to THEOS, short for THE Operating System.

THEOS / OASIS
DeveloperPhase One Systems / Timothy S. Williams / THEOS Software Corporation
Initial release1977; 46 years ago (1977)
Latest releaseTHEOS Corona Commercial Release 6 / December 2008; 14 years ago (2008-12)
Available inEnglish
PlatformsZilog Z80, IBM Personal Computer/AT
Licenseproprietary
Official websitewww.theos-software.com

History Edit

OASIS Edit

The OASIS operating system was originally developed and distributed in 1977 by Phase One Systems of Oakland, California (President Howard Sidorsky). OASIS was developed for the Z80 processor and was the first multi-user operating system for 8-bit microprocessor based computers (Z-80 from Zilog). "OASIS" was a backronym for "Online Application System Interactive Software".

OASIS consisted of a multi-user operating system, a powerful Business Basic/Interpreter, C compiler and a powerful text editor. Timothy Williams developed OASIS and was employed at Phase One. The market asked for 16-bit systems but there was no real 16-bit multi-user OS for 16-bit systems. Every month Phase One announced OASIS-16[1] but it did not come. One day Timothy Williams claimed that he owned OASIS and started a court case against Phase One and claimed several million U.S. dollars. Sidorsky had no choice and claimed Chapter 11. The court case took two years and finally the ruling was that Timothy Williams was allowed to develop the 16-bit version of OASIS but he was not allowed to use the OASIS name anymore.

David Shirley presented an alternative history at the Computer Information Centre, an OASIS distributor for the UK in the early 1980s. He said Timothy Williams developed the OASIS operating system and contracted with Phase One Systems to market and sell the product. Development of the 16-bit product was underway, but the product was prematurely announced by POS. This led to pressure to release OASIS early, when it was still not properly debugged or optimised. (OASIS 8-bit was quite well optimised by that point, with many parts hand-coded in Z80 assembler, but that meant then-new 16-bit systems performed nowhere near as well as their 8-bit counterparts). This situation led to Williams becoming dissatisfied with the Phase One company at the time, and forming his own company to market and support the 16-bit OASIS. The company was initially called Oasis Technologies, until Phase One took action to protect the name. Rather than fight a long and expensive court battle, the company and product was renamed "THEOS".

Williams created a new company and product name: "THEOS" meaning "the OS" in the sense of "the one" ("Theos" is Greek for "God"). While Williams and Sidorsky where fighting in the court the manufacturers had no 16-bit multi-user OS. That led to the agreement between Microsoft and Santa Cruz Operation to make a new operating system based on Version 7 Unix from Bell Labs. Microsoft purchased a license for Version 7 UNIX from AT&T in 1978,[2] and announced on August 25, 1980, that it would make it available for the 16-bit microcomputer market.[3] Because Microsoft was not able to license the "UNIX" name itself,[4] called Xenix. Microsoft would distribute the product via Larry Michels and his son Doug Michels (Santa Cruz Operation).

Seiko also lost patience with THEOS and Williams, and decided to make their own OASIS 16-bit version and hired Dr. Jeffrey Bahr. When Xenix and THEOS became available Seiko did decide to leave this market. Jeffrey Bahr started CET which went on with the development of the 16-bit OASIS compatible software. CET software was complete compatible with OASIS/THEOS and allowed these users to go into the Unix and Microsoft world.

CET acquired the Phase one company. Also, Phase One Systems licenses a porting tool called CET Basic. CET Basic is compatible with THEOS BASIC, MultiUser BASIC, OASIS BASIC, and UX-BASIC. This means you can keep most of your existing source code, and using W/32 BASIC, recompile your THEOS, OASIS, or UX-BASIC programs to work under additional operating systems such as Microsoft Windows, Linux or SCO UNIX.

THEOS Edit

THEOS operating systems have been distributed by THEOS Software Corporation in Walnut Creek, California, since 1983. As of 2003, Phase One Systems publishes software development tools for THEOS(R) systems. As well as porting tools, Phase One Systems distributed the Freedom query package and Control database package for THEOS systems, used to bring SQL-like data extraction tools to third-party software packages.

THEOS was introduced in Europe by Fujitsu and other hardware manufacturers 30 years ago, and is distributed by a number of distributors in Great Britain, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Italy and more. The 'current' version is THEOS Corona Commercial Release 6, which was released in December 2008, and a number of updates have been released since that time. The current Windows Workstation Client (as of May 2009) is version 3.16 from July 2003.

Features Edit

Originally written in the late 1970s by Timothy S. Williams as a low-cost alternative to the more expensive mini- and mainframe- computers that were popular in the day, OASIS provided time-sharing multiuser facilities to allow several users to utilise the resources of one computer. Similar in concept to MP/M or UNIX, THEOS uses external device drivers rather than a kernel, allowing it to be more portable to other environments, though support has been primarily directed towards industry-standard hardware (i.e. PC's). THEOS is specifically aimed at small business users, with a wide range of vertical-market applications packages being developed and supported by individuals and companies.

The languages distributed with THEOS include THEOS Multi-User Basic and C. A powerful EXEC shell language can be used for task automation or to produce a turnkey system.

A number of security features exist, including dynamic passwords (where the password includes part of the date or time, or client IP address, or other dynamic elements), allow/deny security, a comprehensive inbound and outbound firewall, and an option to require a certain level of encryption in the workstation connection. In addition, the object file format is proprietary, and the operating system uses Intel "protected mode" to further increase defence against buffer overrun attacks.

Commands Edit

The following list of commands are supported by the THEOS/OASIS Command String Interpreter (CSI).[5]

  • ACCOUNT
  • ARCHIVE
  • ASSIGN
  • ATTACH
  • BACKUP
  • BASIC
  • BULKERA
  • CACHE
  • CADVERF
  • CHANGE
  • CLASS
  • COMPARE
  • COPYFILE
  • CREATE
  • CSI
  • DEBUG
  • EDIT
  • ERASE
  • ERRMSG
  • EXEC
  • FILELIST
  • FILT8080
  • FORCE
  • GETFILE
  • HELP
  • INITDISK
  • INITTAPE
  • KILL
  • LIST
  • LOGOFF
  • LOGON
  • MAILBOX
  • MSG
  • PEEK
  • RECEIVE
  • RENAME
  • REPAIR
  • RESTORE
  • SCRIPT
  • SEND
  • SET
  • SHOW
  • SPOOLER
  • START
  • STOP
  • SYSGEN
  • TERMINAL

Reception Edit

BYTE in 1985 stated that "the functionality of THEOS is somewhere between MS-DOS and UNIX". The magazine criticized the documentation's quality, and concluded that the price was too high compared to other multiuser operating systems for the PC such as Pick and Coherent.[6]

See also Edit

References Edit

  1. ^ OASIS Users' Group News Letter Volume 5
  2. ^ Pate, Steve D. (1996). UNIX Internals: A Practical Approach. Addison Wesley Professional. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-201-87721-2. Microsoft licensed Seventh Edition UNIX from AT&T in 1978 to produce the XENIX operating system initially for the PDP-11.
  3. ^ "The History of Microsoft - 1980".
  4. ^ . February 26, 2010. Archived from the original on December 19, 2013. In the late 1970s Microsoft licensed UNIX source code from AT&T, which at the time was not licensing the name UNIX.
  5. ^
  6. ^ Rochkind, Marc J. (Fall 1985). "Pick, Coherent, and THEOS". BYTE. p. 231. Retrieved 19 March 2016.

External links Edit

  • THEOS Software Corporation
  • Historia de OASIS®/THEOS® Corona
  • OASIS Users' Group Archive February 1981 through November 1985

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ATLicenseproprietaryOfficial websitewww wbr theos software wbr com Contents 1 History 1 1 OASIS 1 2 THEOS 2 Features 2 1 Commands 3 Reception 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksHistory EditOASIS Edit The OASIS operating system was originally developed and distributed in 1977 by Phase One Systems of Oakland California President Howard Sidorsky OASIS was developed for the Z80 processor and was the first multi user operating system for 8 bit microprocessor based computers Z 80 from Zilog OASIS was a backronym for Online Application System Interactive Software OASIS consisted of a multi user operating system a powerful Business Basic Interpreter C compiler and a powerful text editor Timothy Williams developed OASIS and was employed at Phase One The market asked for 16 bit systems but there was no real 16 bit multi user OS for 16 bit systems Every month Phase One announced OASIS 16 1 but it did not come One day Timothy Williams claimed that he owned OASIS and started a court case against Phase One and claimed several million U S dollars Sidorsky had no choice and claimed Chapter 11 The court case took two years and finally the ruling was that Timothy Williams was allowed to develop the 16 bit version of OASIS but he was not allowed to use the OASIS name anymore David Shirley presented an alternative history at the Computer Information Centre an OASIS distributor for the UK in the early 1980s He said Timothy Williams developed the OASIS operating system and contracted with Phase One Systems to market and sell the product Development of the 16 bit product was underway but the product was prematurely announced by POS This led to pressure to release OASIS early when it was still not properly debugged or optimised OASIS 8 bit was quite well optimised by that point with many parts hand coded in Z80 assembler but that meant then new 16 bit systems performed nowhere near as well as their 8 bit counterparts This situation led to Williams becoming dissatisfied with the Phase One company at the time and forming his own company to market and support the 16 bit OASIS The company was initially called Oasis Technologies until Phase One took action to protect the name Rather than fight a long and expensive court battle the company and product was renamed THEOS Williams created a new company and product name THEOS meaning the OS in the sense of the one Theos is Greek for God While Williams and Sidorsky where fighting in the court the manufacturers had no 16 bit multi user OS That led to the agreement between Microsoft and Santa Cruz Operation to make a new operating system based on Version 7 Unix from Bell Labs Microsoft purchased a license for Version 7 UNIX from AT amp T in 1978 2 and announced on August 25 1980 that it would make it available for the 16 bit microcomputer market 3 Because Microsoft was not able to license the UNIX name itself 4 called Xenix Microsoft would distribute the product via Larry Michels and his son Doug Michels Santa Cruz Operation Seiko also lost patience with THEOS and Williams and decided to make their own OASIS 16 bit version and hired Dr Jeffrey Bahr When Xenix and THEOS became available Seiko did decide to leave this market Jeffrey Bahr started CET which went on with the development of the 16 bit OASIS compatible software CET software was complete compatible with OASIS THEOS and allowed these users to go into the Unix and Microsoft world CET acquired the Phase one company Also Phase One Systems licenses a porting tool called CET Basic CET Basic is compatible with THEOS BASIC MultiUser BASIC OASIS BASIC and UX BASIC This means you can keep most of your existing source code and using W 32 BASIC recompile your THEOS OASIS or UX BASIC programs to work under additional operating systems such as Microsoft Windows Linux or SCO UNIX THEOS Edit THEOS operating systems have been distributed by THEOS Software Corporation in Walnut Creek California since 1983 As of 2003 Phase One Systems publishes software development tools for THEOS R systems As well as porting tools Phase One Systems distributed the Freedom query package and Control database package for THEOS systems used to bring SQL like data extraction tools to third party software packages THEOS was introduced in Europe by Fujitsu and other hardware manufacturers 30 years ago and is distributed by a number of distributors in Great Britain Spain Portugal Germany Italy and more The current version is THEOS Corona Commercial Release 6 which was released in December 2008 and a number of updates have been released since that time The current Windows Workstation Client as of May 2009 is version 3 16 from July 2003 Features EditOriginally written in the late 1970s by Timothy S Williams as a low cost alternative to the more expensive mini and mainframe computers that were popular in the day OASIS provided time sharing multiuser facilities to allow several users to utilise the resources of one computer Similar in concept to MP M or UNIX THEOS uses external device drivers rather than a kernel allowing it to be more portable to other environments though support has been primarily directed towards industry standard hardware i e PC s THEOS is specifically aimed at small business users with a wide range of vertical market applications packages being developed and supported by individuals and companies The languages distributed with THEOS include THEOS Multi User Basic and C A powerful EXEC shell language can be used for task automation or to produce a turnkey system A number of security features exist including dynamic passwords where the password includes part of the date or time or client IP address or other dynamic elements allow deny security a comprehensive inbound and outbound firewall and an option to require a certain level of encryption in the workstation connection In addition the object file format is proprietary and the operating system uses Intel protected mode to further increase defence against buffer overrun attacks Commands Edit The following list of commands are supported by the THEOS OASIS Command String Interpreter CSI 5 ACCOUNT ARCHIVE ASSIGN ATTACH BACKUP BASIC BULKERA CACHE CADVERF CHANGE CLASS COMPARE COPYFILE CREATE CSI DEBUG EDIT ERASE ERRMSG EXEC FILELIST FILT8080 FORCE GETFILE HELP INITDISK INITTAPE KILL LIST LOGOFF LOGON MAILBOX MSG PEEK RECEIVE RENAME REPAIR RESTORE SCRIPT SEND SET SHOW SPOOLER START STOP SYSGEN TERMINALReception EditBYTE in 1985 stated that the functionality of THEOS is somewhere between MS DOS and UNIX The magazine criticized the documentation s quality and concluded that the price was too high compared to other multiuser operating systems for the PC such as Pick and Coherent 6 See also EditMultiuser DOS FederationReferences Edit OASIS Users Group News Letter Volume 5 Pate Steve D 1996 UNIX Internals A Practical Approach Addison Wesley Professional p 9 ISBN 978 0 201 87721 2 Microsoft licensed Seventh Edition UNIX from AT amp T in 1978 to produce the XENIX operating system initially for the PDP 11 The History of Microsoft 1980 XENIX variant information February 26 2010 Archived from the original on December 19 2013 In the late 1970s Microsoft licensed UNIX source code from AT amp T which at the time was not licensing the name UNIX THEOS OASIS User s Handbook Rochkind Marc J Fall 1985 Pick Coherent and THEOS BYTE p 231 Retrieved 19 March 2016 External links EditTHEOS Software Corporation Historia de OASIS THEOS Corona OASIS Users Group Archive February 1981 through November 1985 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title THEOS amp oldid 1087884081 OASIS, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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