The Lilith-NT

Jos Dreesen is demonstrating the Lilith-NT, a replica built using the original circuit diagrams of the Modula-2 workstation ‘Lilith’, which was developed at ETH in the early 1980s. For comparison, an original ETH Lilith is on display next to it.

The Lilith was developed at ETH Zurich under the direction of Niklaus Wirth and is regarded as a pioneering workstation of the early 1980s. It was designed specifically for the Modula-2 programming language and combined powerful hardware with a software environment tailored to it. Jos Dreesen’s replica brings this chapter of Swiss computing history back to life. A direct comparison with the original allows visitors to explore the design, technology and concept of this historic workstation.