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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 to the IBM PC. The company closed down in 1998 but mr Hetherington continued selling and supporting the products under the same name as a sole trader | 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 to the IBM PC. The company closed down in 1998 but mr Hetherington continued selling and supporting the products under the same name as a sole trader. | ||
==Products== | ==Products== | ||
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* Pro Fortran-77 | * Pro Fortran-77 | ||
* Prospero C | * Prospero C | ||
* [[Extended Pascal]] - 32 bit [[Pascal]] development system for OS/2 and later Windows. | * [[Prospero Extended Pascal]] - 32-bit [[Extended Pascal]] development system for OS/2 and later Windows. | ||
* [[Prospero FORTRAN 77]] - 16 bit [[FORTRAN]] compiler for the Sinclair QL, DOS and OS/2 | * [[Prospero FORTRAN 77]] - 16-bit [[FORTRAN]] compiler for the Sinclair QL, DOS and OS/2 | ||
* [[Prospero Pascal]] - 16 bit Pascal compiler for the Sinclair QL, DOS and OS/2 | * [[Prospero Pascal]] - 16-bit Pascal compiler for the Sinclair QL, DOS and OS/2 | ||
[[Category:Companies]] | [[Category:Companies]] | ||
Latest revision as of 16:19, 14 May 2020
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 to the IBM PC. The company closed down in 1998 but mr Hetherington continued selling and supporting the products under the same name as a sole trader.
Products
- Pro Pascal - ISO Standard Pascal
- Pro Fortran - ANSI 66 Standard FORTRAN
- Pro Fortran-77
- Prospero C
- Prospero Extended Pascal - 32-bit Extended Pascal development system for OS/2 and later Windows.
- Prospero FORTRAN 77 - 16-bit FORTRAN compiler for the Sinclair QL, DOS and OS/2
- Prospero Pascal - 16-bit Pascal compiler for the Sinclair QL, DOS and OS/2