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Acornsoft was the software arm of Acorn Computers, and a major publisher of software for the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron. As well as games, it also produced a large number of educational titles, extra computer languages and business and utility packages – these included word processor ''VIEW'' and the spreadsheet '' ViewSheet'' supplied on ROM and cartridge for the BBC Micro/Acorn Electron and included as standard in the BBC Master and Acorn Business Computer. History Acornsoft was formed in late 1980 by Acorn Computers directors Hermann Hauser and Chris Curry, and David Johnson-Davies, author of the first game for a UK personal computer and of the official Acorn Atom manual "Atomic Theory and Practice". David Johnson-Davies was managing director and in early 1981 was joined by Tim Dobson, Programmer and Chris Jordan, Publications Editor. While some of their games were clones or remakes of popular arcade games (e.g. ''Hopper'' is a clone of Sega's ''Frogger'', '' Snapper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Johnson-Davies
David Johnson-Davies is a British computer scientist and journalist, known for his contributions to the field of computing. Born in London, he studied experimental psychology in Cambridge and later joined Acorn Computers. As the founder and managing director of Acornsoft, he published video games and business software. After leaving Acornsoft in 1986, he established Human Computer Interface, which developed Macintosh-based programs compatible with BBC BASIC and BBC Micro software. Johnson-Davies contributed articles to ''Acorn User'' and created Identifont, a website that identifies typefaces from samples. He also developed Fontscape and Fontifier. Early life and education Johnson-Davies was born in London and has three children. He studied experimental psychology in Cambridge (where he currently resides), and became a researcher at the Medical Research Council (United Kingdom), Medical Research Council Applied Psychology Unit (now the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit). Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |