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Protext

Protext is a British word processing program, developed by Arnor Ltd, of Peterborough in the decade following 1985. Originally written for the Amstrad CPC 464, it was later sold for the Amstrad PCW series of word processors, for MS-DOS based PCs, the Atari ST, and the Commodore Amiga. A version was developed for the Acorn Archimedes and released in October 1990 which ran in full screen text mode, with Arnor indicating that "increased demand" had led to the product being released for the platform and that with "high enough" demand, the product would be upgraded to be "Risc OS compatible" and that other products would be released. The product was priced at £149.95. An accompanying note in the box mentioned Arnor's intention to develop a future release that would support operation in the RISC OS desktop with drag and drop capabilities, but this was never developed. According to a review of the software in early 1991, a multi-tasking version operating in a desktop window was being developed, but these plans were presumably abandoned due to a lack of market interest, with the review noting that the program's inability to multi-task "may deter many Arc users" who would already be accustomed to compliant desktop software.…

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Protext is a British word processing program, developed by Arnor Ltd, of Peterborough in the decade following 1985. Originally written for the Amstrad CPC 464, it was later sold for the Amstrad PCW series of word processors, for MS-DOS based PCs, the Atari ST, and the Commodore Amiga. A version was developed for the Acorn Archimedes and released in October 1990 which ran in full screen text mode, with Arnor indicating that "increased demand" had led to the product being released for the platform and that with "high enough" demand, the product would be upgraded to be "Risc OS compatible" and that other products would be released. The product was priced at £149.95. An accompanying note in the box mentioned Arnor's intention to develop a future release that would support operation in the RISC OS desktop with drag and drop capabilities, but this was never developed. According to a review of the software in early 1991, a multi-tasking version operating in a desktop window was being developed, but these plans were presumably abandoned due to a lack of market interest, with the review noting that the program's inability to multi-task "may deter many Arc users" who would already be accustomed to compliant desktop software.…

Key claims

  1. release date: 1990 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the release date is "1990". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1334066042

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