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A software company founded in England by George Anthony "Tony" Hetherington in the early 80's, specialised in making development software for British home computers such as the [[Sinclair QL]] but when that market started to dry up the company ported its most popular tools the the IBM PC.
A software company founded in 1982 in London, England by Michael St Clair Oakes and George Anthony "Tony" Hetherington, specialised in making development software for British home computers such as the [[Sinclair QL]] but when that market started to dry up the company ported its most popular tools the the IBM PC.


==Known products==
==Known products==
* [[Extended Pascal]] - 32 bit [[Pascal]] development system for OS/2 and later Windows.
* [[Extended Pascal]] - 32 bit [[Pascal]] development system for OS/2 and later Windows.
* [[Prospero FORTRAN 77]]
* [[Prospero FORTRAN 77]] - 16 bit [[FORTRAN]] compiler for the Sinclair QL, DOS and OS/2
* [[Prospero Pascal]]
* [[Prospero Pascal]] - 16 bit Pascal compiler for the Sinclair QL, DOS and OS/2


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[[Category:Companies]]

Revision as of 12:36, 14 January 2016

A software company founded in 1982 in London, England by Michael St Clair Oakes and George Anthony "Tony" Hetherington, specialised in making development software for British home computers such as the Sinclair QL but when that market started to dry up the company ported its most popular tools the the IBM PC.

Known products