News: Retrolution 4 Released

[Rod McCall]

In response to customer requests we've decided to release Retrolution 
4, please find the press release below.

Best,

Rod

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Runtime Retrolution 4 Release
Develop Software for Platforms Past and Present

Edinburgh Scotland, April 1st 2004
Runtime Revolution today announces the release of Retrolution 4, the 
developer
tool for computer platforms past and present. Retrolution includes 
support for
a selection of platforms dating from the mid-1900's to the present day 
and
covers most major graphic and chip architectures.

Announcing the release, 92 year old Rt. unRev. Kevin Miller CEO of 
Runtime Revolution said "I can remember when the transistor was just a 
glint in the milkman's eye. Since then we've seen the advent of 4 bit 
computer systems through to the state of the art G5" While semi-drugged 
and undergoing a hip replacement
operation, Miller added, "Retrolution's stacks and punched card 
development system now make it even easier for developers of all 
abilities to write software for platforms big and room sized!"

Retrolution 4 adds support for the following platforms:
*Atari 8-bit, including XL and XE
*Apple I (Apple II coming soon)
*Commodore Pet and C64
*LEO: Lyon's Electronic Office (support for certain bakery products 
only)
*Atari ST
*Acorn Atom and Archimedes (prior to RISC OS 3 only)
*ENIAC
*Dragon 64
*Oric 1, Atmos and Stratos
*Sinclair ZX80, ZX81, Spectrum support to follow shortly.
*Texas Instruments TI99/4A
*Microsoft Windows 1
*Tandy Radioshack TRS-80 (green screen only)
*Hanimex Pencil II
*MicroBee
*Heathkit EC-1 Analogue Valve Vacuum Computer
*Seattle Computer Gazelle (Zebra and Giraffe support to follow)
*Beattie Bunion 64 Colour Computer
*Open University Hektor 2
*Dick Smith Cat

Daffid Blanket of the UK Home Office Immigration Service said "We've 
been using
punched cards since the year dot, This new release means we don't need 
to discard
our state of the art IT systems which include ENIAC, MicroBee and LEO. 
Instead
we can keep on using them and our trusty stack of punched cards."

Retrolution 4 makes development easy by forcing the developer to 
program in
binary and to manually punch the holes in the cards. This latest 
release adds a
whole range of features including:
*Multimedia support with up to 1 channel beep-based sound
*3D graphics, monochrome wireframe with resolutions of up to 64 by 48 
pixels
*Ability to use compiled external libraries written in BASIC, 6502 and 
6809
assembler
*Support for upper and lowercase letters, except for the letter P
*Support for all numbers from 0 to 9, except 6
*Databases up to 3 records in size, with one field
*Secure data encryption protocols. Each letter is encoded using the 
next letter
in the alphabet. Support for Z due in 2007, numbers in 2009
*Ability to build standalones in 14 days, allowing you to go on holiday 
while
Retrolution gets on with the job
*Sync with the Osborne 1 handheld computer

Retrolution 4 is priced at $999.95 and is available on reel-to-reel 
tape, pre-programmed valve
bank, cassette, punched card and 8 inch floppy disk from all good 
computer
stores.

For more information and a free download visit <http://www.runrev.com>

About Retrolution and Revolution
Information on pricing, versions, and local distributors, as well as a 
free 30-day trial edition of Revolution for all supported platforms: 
Windows, Mac OS X, classic Mac OS, Linux and Unix, is available at
<http://www.runrev.com>.

Runtime Revolution and Express do not support any of the platforms or 
features listed above.

Runtime Revolution Ltd.
Founded in 1997, Runtime Revolution focuses on bringing user-centric
programming to all major platforms: Macintosh, Windows, Linux, and Unix.
Products include Revolution, Revolution Express, and Ten Thumbs Typing
Tutor. The company is based in Edinburgh, Scotland. For more information
on Runtime Revolution, please visit the company on the web at
<http://www.runrev.com>.

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Contact
Dr Rod McCall
Runtime Revolution Ltd
91 Hanover Street
Edinburgh
EH2 1DJ
email: rodmc at runrev.com
telephone: +44 (0) 131 718 4333
fax:+44 (0) 131 718 4334