Private company
Perihelion Software
Perihelion Software Limited was a United Kingdom company founded in 1986 by Dr. Tim King along with a number of colleagues who had all worked together at MetaComCo on AmigaOS and written compilers for both the Amiga and the Atari ST. Perihelion Software produced an operating system for the INMOS Transputer called HeliOS. This was a system that looked like Unix but which could pass messages to processes running on either the same processor or another one.2 It was founded by Jack Lang.1 It ceased to exist in 1998.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
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Perihelion Software Limited was a United Kingdom company founded in 1986 by Dr. Tim King along with a number of colleagues who had all worked together at MetaComCo on AmigaOS and written compilers for both the Amiga and the Atari ST.2
Leadership
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Products and brands
- HeliOS
Listed on Wikidata.1
Timeline
Links
- WikipediaPerihelion Software
- WikidataQ4046680
Sources
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- 1WikidataPerihelion Software on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaPerihelion Software on Wikipedia