Aztec Software

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[edit] Aztec Software

Aztec Software is a software company founded by Martin Hooley and Richard Green in the eary 80's. The company was based in a small yorkshire town called Mirfield before moving to Ravensthorpe, Dewsbury.

The company initially wrote educational games. The first notable release by the company where the development kits Turbo Basic and Turbo Basic Compiler. The company was then contracted to produce a version of BBC Basic for the Commodore 64. Again they used Julian Gardner who wrote their Turbo Basic and Turbo Basic Compiler.

Later on the company produced another compiler for the Enterprise 64 computer and also produced some external devices for the computer.

The company also worked on the Amstrad CPC464 with designer John Morrison of Morrison Micros.

The company also worked on a Translator that would allow the Atari ST to run IBM PC programs for Atari, of which a patent was talked about.

[edit] Product List

• Turbo Basic
• Turbo Basic Compiler
• Enterprise/Elan/Flan Compiler
• Speakeasy
• Rom Extension for Amstrad CPC
• BBC Basic for C64