News: Retrolution 4 Released

[Chipp Walters]

Bummer, I guess my old Lisa will have to wait for Retrolution 5. BTW, 
anyone know where to purchase a replacement Twiggy drive? Oh, that's 
right, Lisa didn't use Twiggy.

-chipp

Rod McCall wrote:

> 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>.
> 
> ###
> 
> 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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