Ports
Although Idris was initially available for the PDP-11, it later ported to run on a number of platforms, such as the VAX, Motorola 68000, System/370 and Intel 8086. In 1986, David M. Stanhope and Skip Tavakkolian at Computer Tools International ported Idris to the Atari ST and developed its ROM boot cartridge. This work also included a port of X to Idris. Computer Tools and Whitesmiths offered it to Atari as a replacement for Atari TOS, but eventually marketed it directly to ST enthusiasts.
A specific version of Idris (CoIdris) was packaged as a .com file under MS-DOS and used it for low level I/O services.
Idris was ported to the Apple Macintosh (as MacIdris) by John O'Brien (of Whitesmiths Australia) and remained available until the early 1990s. MacIdris ran as an application under the Finder or Multifinder.
After Whitesmiths had been merged with Intermetrics, Idris — along with its development toolchain — was ported to the INMOS T800 transputer architecture.
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