Past Developments

This page collates and displays an historical audit of my in-house products and other projects.

Newsprint

'Motor Trader'

'Efficiency in the motor trade', my analysis of computerising the independent trader, from 'Micro Decision' magazine, September 1982

'Toolbox'

'Hebridean overture - how the software wizard of Mull struck a chord in San Francisco', front page, Sunday Times business news, 27th Feb 1983
'A plotter's tale', my account of how I wrote one part of Toolbox, from 'Sirius Computing' magazine, March 1983
'Striking it rich on Treasure Island' from the Birmingham Sunday Mercury, 3rd April 1983
'Putting the gloss on promising programs' a profile of my then publisher ESI, from 'Computing' magazine, 15th March 1984

'PC Automator'

'Our top micro men carry it off' from The London Standard, 8th September 1986 (Automator Mi developed from PC Automator which I originated for Direct UK, wins London Standard Microbusiness Award)
'Sights set for a Direct hit in the US' from Computer Weekly, some time in 1987 (Automator Mi wins RITA Award and others)

Scottish Software Marketing Initiative

'Plan to give Highlands computer lead' article on the Scottish Software Marketing Initiative, from the Press and Journal, 29th April 1983
'Highland peace inspires the software writers' from the Oban Times, 29th April 1983
'Rural software ventures aided' from The Scotsman, 29th April 1983
'Scotland's new Silicon Glen' from 'Newsweek' magazine, 30th January 1984

Reviews

'Toolbox'

'Open the box and tune up your Sirius' review of CP/M-86 Toolbox from 'Personal Computer News' magazine, 1st April 1983
'Tools of the trade' review of CP/M-86 Toolbox from 'Computer Answers' magazine, May 1983
'CP/M boosters' review of CP/M-86 Toolbox from 'Micro Decision' magazine, July 1983

'Acquisition' (I authored - and for the most part invented - this product's filesystem kernel)

'A database with sight and sound...' review of Acquisition from 'Enigma' magazine, issue 1, October 1987
'...relational databases are making their mark on the Amiga' review of Acquisition from 'Amiga World' magazine, November 1987
'Test drive Acquisition' review of Acquisition from 'Amiga User International' magazine, April 1988

Marketing material

'Motor Trader'

'MOTOR TRADER soups up salesmen', ACT press release, 12th Aug 1982
inappropriately typefaced Island Software 'Motor Trader' advertisement from 'Micro Decision' magazine, September 1982 (includes the never-finished 'StoreMaster')
two crude 'Motor Trader' fliers, produced by Island Software in September 1982 and April 1983

'Toolbox'

Toolbox brochure (outer) and (inner), by Export Software International (ESI), 1983
CP/M-86 Toolbox advert by ESI, from 'Computer Answers' magazine, May 1983
Toolbox brochure (front) and (back), by ESI, 1984

'Acquisition'

Acquisition brochure by Taurus Impex, 1986
Acquisition advertisement by Taurus Impex, from 'Enigma' magazine, issue 1, October 1987
Acquisition v1.3 advertisement by Taurus Impex, from 'Amiga World' magazine, November 1987

services

an early and crude services advertisement used in the 'Am Muileach' (Mull newspaper), 1984-1986
Island Software brochure (outer) and (inner), from 1988 'when I was a gang'

Awards attracted by my inventions

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