News: Retrolution 4 Released

[David Burgun]

This is a Joke Right - ahhh yeah, it's April the 1st!!!

Nice One!

Dave


>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
>
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