Coherent (operating system)

Coherent
Coherent 4.2.10 installer
DeveloperMark Williams Company
OS familyUnix-like
Working stateDiscontinued
Source modelClosed source; open sourced in 2015
Initial release1980; 44 years ago (1980)
Latest release4.2.14 / 1994; 30 years ago (1994)
Available inEnglish
PlatformsPDP-11, x86 (8088, 286, 386, 486), Motorola 68000, Zilog Z8000
Kernel typeMonolithic
Default
user interface
Command-line (KornShell)
License2015: BSD-3-Clause[1]
Original: Proprietary
Coherent system startup and login prompt
Viewing the root directory and system information

Coherent is a clone of the Unix operating system for IBM PC compatibles and other microcomputers, developed and sold by the now-defunct Mark Williams Company (MWC). Historically, the operating system was a proprietary product, but it became open source in 2015, released under the BSD-3-Clause license.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Mark Williams Company Sources". Archived from the original on 2015-01-06. Retrieved 2021-06-18.