• The Inferno operating system running in hosted mode for:
  • Windows (Nt, 2000, XP) [not 95, 98, Me]
  • FreeBSD (x86)
  • Irix (mips)
  • Linux (x86)
  • MacOSX (power AND i386)
  • Solaris (sparc)
  • Plan 9 from Bell Labs
  which includes the Dis virtual machine, integral support for the Styx network protocol, and an implementation of the Tk user interface toolkit.
• Source code for all of the applications and library modules (written in Limbo), including:
  • the Charon web browser,
  • the Acme integrating development environment,
  • the Limbo compiler written in Limbo,
  • the Yacc compiler-compiler,
  • the sh programmable shell,
  • plumbing support (similar to Plan 9's plumber),
  • many Unix-like tools: mv, cp, rm, xd, wc, grep, ps, diff, tr, man, ls ...
• The contents of Volume 1 of the Inferno Programmer's Manual in Unix style man format.
• Source code for the virtual machine and hosted Inferno (ie, source for emu)
• Native and Inferno versions of the Limbo compiler for use inside and outside of Inferno and with which all of the applications and library modules can be compiled.
• The Inferno suite of C cross-compilers for a variety of CPU architectures.
• Source code for sample ports of native Inferno to PowerPC, ARM, x86, SPARC.

A brief overview lists major differences between the Third and Fourth Edition of Inferno. There is a related document in PDF format that discusses system and interface changes, which is updated periodically as required.

27 May 2004