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585:- was granted to Acorn Computers "requiring all copies of the January 1984 issue of PCW to be withdrawn from sale", with the article concerned being regarded as inciting readers to "duplicate computer programs". This injunction was subsequently lifted as a consequence of an out-of-court settlement between the parties involving a damages payment of Β£65,000 plus costs to Acorn "to meet Acorn's expenses in developing a new locking device". The article's author, Guy Kewney, and the magazine's editor, Jane Bird, argued that printing a software routine showing how to save Acornsoft cassette software to disk was a service to the magazine's readers. The cost of printing the magazine issue concerned was estimated at Β£100,000. 630: 125: 32: 249: 73: 620:
In 1997, Acorn sought to revive the Acornsoft brand for new software releases, such as upgrades to RISC OS, programming tools, a new Web browser, multitasking movie playback (using Acorn Replay), and Java for RISC OS. A stated objective was to demonstrate that a "wide range of innovative software at
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Acornsoft became a subsidiary within Acorn Computer Group, distinct from Acorn Computers who were responsible for the development of Acorn's microcomputer systems, but Acornsoft ceased to operate as a separate company upon the departure of David Johnson-Davies in January 1986. Past this date, Acorn
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and Fortran 77 compilers as part of its business range. Developed by TDI for Acornsoft, the product required a 6502 second processor and disc system, preferably with two drives. Despite the Β£299 price, various tools including an assembler and linker were omitted from the product, these being made
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being much use for anything", illustrating a diversity amongst these language implementations in terms of readability, speed and generated code size. A follow-up article expanded the comparison to other language implementations such as Oxford Pascal, Z80 versions of BBC BASIC, Turbo Pascal and
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competitive prices" was available for RISC OS, with support also being potentially offered to third-party software producers. Acornsoft products themselves would be supported by marketing, including advertising, and the provision of press review samples.
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Acorn systems came with a version of the BBC BASIC programming language as standard but Acornsoft also produced a wide range of other languages that could be loaded in by cassette or disc or in some cases, supplied in ROM form.
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Acornsoft also distributed other ranges of educational programs developed by companies such as ICL, Good Housekeeping and Bourne but they are not considered part of the official catalogue.
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The graphics range was used to demonstrate the graphical power of the Acorn computers but only three titles were made available. The X?? code was then used for other types of software.
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Acornsoft also published and distributed a range of educational software developed by ASK (Applied Systems Knowledge) that were widely used in schools running
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series. By agreement, the Acornsoft name was also used on the packaging of some of the subsequent Superior games. Superior chose not to take on Acornsoft's
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The relative performance of some of Acornsoft's languages was evaluated using a benchmark based on the Takeuchi function,
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was granted a licence to publish some Acornsoft games and re-released many, individually and as compilations such as the
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There are also a number of completed but unreleased games that have found their way into the public domain such as
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As a result of the publication of a method to circumvent copy protection measures employed by Acornsoft titles, a
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View Professional (1987) was a combined wordprocessor, spreadsheet and database similar to PipeDream on the
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Although primarily a programming language suite, Acornsoft released its P-System product featuring
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zes (Theatre, Crime & Detection, Music, History, Science Fiction and Royal), relationship aids
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Acornsoft was formed in late 1980 by Acorn Computers directors Hermann Hauser and Chris Curry, and
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A Choice of Programming Languages for the British Broadcasting Corporation Microcomputer System
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range was also mainly educational but had its own distinct code (XBX??). This included the 6
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Acornsoft produced a wide range of educational titles aimed at many different age groups.
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Including all arcade, text adventure and board games. All games were compatible with the
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While some of their games were clones or remakes of popular arcade games (e.g.
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Acornsoft produced a range of office software for home and business use.
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Computers used the Acornsoft name on office software it released in the
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Acornsoft titles extended their consistent branding to the software's
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by removing items or incorporating them into the text of the article.
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Forth for the BBC Microcomputer – Fitting the Forth ROM (SBL13/B)
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and GCE/CSE revision guides (Mathematics, Biology and English).
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available in a separate Advanced Development Toolkit from TDI.
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The series continues but mainly with add-on products for the
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games, most of which were released in updated versions by
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1982) deleted for legal reasons and later re-released as
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injunction against Computing Publications - publisher of
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COMAL on the BBC Microcomputer and Acorn Electron SBD19
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were compatible with both machines. Games followed by
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1983) released with G26-G28 but re-used the deleted
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For other uses, see 16:Former software division of Acorn Computers 2977: 2963: 2801:BCPL for the BBC Microcomputer: User Guide 2471: 802:– Strategy game based on a section of the 722:and their first commercially released game 2839:Thornton, Roy; Christensen, Paul (1984). 2823: 227:Learn how and when to remove this message 209:Learn how and when to remove this message 3166:British companies disestablished in 1986 3141:Video game companies established in 1980 2780:. Vol. 3, no. 8. pp. 7–10 1034: 628: 2949:Acornsoft information and list of games 2918:Johnson-Davies, David (November 1986). 2587:"Acorn heralds the return of AcornSoft" 2172:by former Acornsoft managing director, 1783:"..I Do" Your Guide to a Happy Marriage 3118: 2799:Richards, John; Jobson, Chris (1983). 2424: 2397: 2158:L24 ISO-Pascal Stand Alone Generator ( 1051:were also released separately for the 451:supplied on ROM and cartridge for the 3171:British companies established in 1980 2958: 2769:Maher, John (January–February 1985). 2768: 2679:"Save up to Β£160 on these AU offers!" 2486:. Acorn Computers Limited. p. 36 2611: 2294:X12 100 Programs for the BBC Micro ( 1680:E16 Temperature Control Simulation ( 1477:1985) extra tracks for the main game 819:– A 3D space battle and trading game 147:adding citations to reliable sources 118: 66: 25: 2893:"Six of the Best Against the Clock" 2891:Johnson-Davies, David (June 1986). 2550: 1945:(an automatic index generator) and 13: 843:– Graphical mathematical modelling 14: 3182: 3161:1986 disestablishments in England 2942: 2185:Acornsoft Graphics range and more 41:This article has multiple issues. 3131:Video game development companies 2951:– At The BBC Games Archive 2771:"Acornsoft's UCSD Pascal System" 2453:"Magazine in Β£65,000 legal deal" 2086:L12 BCPL Stand Alone Generator ( 778:were not published by Acornsoft) 647: 459:and included as standard in the 247: 123: 71: 30: 2832: 2817: 2792: 2716: 2697: 2649: 2627: 2605: 2076:L10 BCPL Calculations Package ( 1840:B05 Personal Money Management ( 1482:BBC Micro 6502 Second Processor 134:needs additional citations for 49:or discuss these issues on the 3156:1980 establishments in England 2532:"Acorn-Superior software deal" 2506:"Acornsoft - back in the fold" 2362: 1931:BBC with 6502 Second Processor 703:was a licensed version of the 1: 2984: 2425:Kewney, Guy (February 1984). 2355: 2268:X10 Complete Cocktail Maker ( 2023:L05 6502 Development System ( 947:clone originally released as 875:– A 2D maze based shoot-em-up 825:– A platform and ladders game 2704:"View Professional review". 2459:. 10 January 1984. p. 5 2398:Kewney, Guy (January 1984). 1536:E01 Algebraic Manipulation ( 1524:that date from around 1983. 1391:G34 Black Box & Gambit ( 1265:G20 Draughts & Reversi ( 7: 2593:. September 1997. p. 4 2237:X05 Collector's Catalogue ( 1189:G12 Sliding-Block Puzzles ( 1043:Model B. Games followed by 624: 552:. Acornsoft also published 323:; 11 years ago 279:; 44 years ago 10: 3187: 2635:"Micropower games on disk" 1833:B04 VIEW Printer Drivers ( 1659:E13 Chemical Simulations ( 861:– A scrolling 2D dig-em-up 470: 18: 3087: 2992: 2872:. Acorn Computers Limited 2204:X02 Graphs & Charts ( 2093:L13 FORTH – ROM version ( 2069:L09 LISP Demonstrations ( 1968:Acornsoft Languages range 1887:B10 Accounts Receivable ( 1666:E14 Chemical Structures ( 1645:E?? Density and Circuit ( 1605:E07 Sentence Sequencing ( 1528:Acornsoft Education range 1059:G01 Philosopher's Quest ( 414: 402: 392: 368: 346: 335: 317: 291: 273: 263: 255: 246: 2657:"Acornsoft Game Authors" 2512:. April 1986. p. 15 2244:X06 Membership Manager ( 2100:L14 LISP – ROM version ( 1796:Acornsoft Business range 1005:– A 2D space battle game 742:– An educational package 429:was the software arm of 2899:. pp. 179, 181–182 2431:Personal Computer World 2404:Personal Computer World 2340:X18 Me & My Micro ( 2329:X17 Watch Your Weight ( 2258:X08 Hooked on Numbers ( 2193:X01 Creative Graphics ( 1941:word processor such as 1652:E12 Chemical Analysis ( 1572:E04 Tree of Knowledge ( 1506:and Master 128 versions 1254:G19 Countdown to Doom ( 1236:G17 Castle of Riddles ( 583:Personal Computer World 487:, Publications Editor. 465:Acorn Business Computer 2731:(7): 8. December 1987. 2480:This is Acorn Computer 2315:X15 Linkword Spanish ( 2308:X14 Linkword Italian ( 1908:B13 Accounts Payable ( 1901:B12 Order Processing ( 1405:G36 The Seventh Star ( 1359:G30 Gateway to Karos ( 1316:G25 Kingdom of Hamil ( 1287:G22 Starship Command ( 1142:G07 Sphinx Adventure ( 687:Black Box & Gambit 637: 409:Acorn Network Computer 259:Privately held company 3136:Video game publishers 2457:Home Computing Weekly 2322:X16 Linkword German ( 2301:X13 Linkword French ( 2047:L07 Turtle Graphics ( 1638:E?? Speed and Light ( 1594:E06 Word Sequencing ( 1504:6502 Second Processor 1487:G46 Magic Mushrooms ( 1035:Acornsoft Games range 708:game of the same name 632: 2174:David Johnson-Davies 1616:E08 Number Balance ( 1554:E03 Business Games ( 1543:E02 Peeko-Computer ( 1498:G47 Elite enhanced ( 1352:G29 Meteor Mission ( 1229:G16 Super Invaders ( 477:David Johnson-Davies 445:and the spreadsheet 381:Educational software 376:Application software 355:David Johnson-Davies 299:David Johnson-Davies 143:improve this article 2926:. pp. 197, 199 2750:. Acornsoft Limited 2215:X03 Picture Maker ( 2128:ROM cartridge 1985) 2044:ROM cartridge 1985) 2006:ROM cartridge 1984) 1894:B11 Stock Control ( 1870:ROM cartridge 1984) 1830:ROM cartridge 1984) 1629:BBC Model A & B 1627:E09 Missing Signs ( 1596:BBC Model A & B 1556:BBC Model A & B 1545:BBC Model A & B 1538:BBC Model A & B 1480:G45 Elite original 1473:G44 Revs 4 Tracks ( 1267:BBC Model A & B 1262:ROM Cartridge 1984) 1122:BBC Model A & B 1120:G06 Arcade Action ( 933:Philosopher's Quest 718:was created by the 633:Loading screen for 564:(previously titled 562:Philosopher's Quest 556:by authors such as 243: 2824:Acornsoft (1984). 2400:"Secret knowledge" 2144:L22 BASIC Editor ( 2113:L17 PROLOG Micro ( 1775:Ivan Berg Software 1694:E18 Spooky Manor ( 1687:E17 The Examiner ( 1323:G26 Crazy Tracer ( 1247:G18 Missile Base ( 997:– A text adventure 935:– A text adventure 867:– A text adventure 837:– A text adventure 809:The Adventure Game 762:– A text adventure 656:– A text adventure 638: 241: 100:clean up the lists 3113: 3112: 3029:Countdown to Doom 3022:Castle of Riddles 2920:"Testing the Tak" 2567:. 1997. p. 9 2251:X07 One To Nine ( 2230:'s Magic Garden ( 1744:. 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