I remember all Software Imperative's programs looking very slick in reviews of the time, but I never got my hands on any of them. I don't see much discussion of them since, and I haven't come across any of them in the online archives yet. Any love for them?
- Flipper reviews: original version (https://archive.org/details/8000_Plus_Issue_025_1988-10_Future_Publishing_GB/page/n22/mode/1up), Flipper 2 (https://archive.org/details/8000_Plus_Issue_032_1989-05_Future_Publishing_GB/page/n37/mode/1up), Flipper 3 (https://archive.org/details/8000_Plus_Issue_056_1991-05_Future_Publishing_GB/page/n9/mode/1up)
- ForeWord review: 8000 Plus #48, Sep 1990, p12 (https://archive.org/details/8000_Plus_Issue_048_1990-09_Future_Publishing_GB/page/n11/mode/1up)
- Rocket review: PCW Plus #64 Jan 1992, p10 (oddly, none of the later issues seem conveniently available online, but here's a cover (http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/lib/exe/detail.php?id=es%3Apcw_plus&media=revistas:portadas:PCW_plus_n_64.jpg))
- Flipper 3 / ForeWord ad (https://archive.org/details/8000_Plus_Issue_061_1991-10_Future_Publishing_GB/page/n30/mode/1up)
I see Flipper 3 listed on the PCW Wiki (http://www.habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=es:aplicaciones:indice), so I guess it may be queued in their magnificent collection (https://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/nc100-nc200-pcw-pda600/histoire-d'or-amstrad-pcw/msg184045/#msg184045) and may show up at some point?
My local computer museum apparently has the physical discs of Flipper 3 (https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/47036/Flipper%203/) and ForeWord (https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/47040/ForeWord/).
(This (https://www.soulmachines.com/) appears to be what the author, Andy Wilton (https://contactout.com/Andy-Wilton-60237732), is up to these days.)
I've got what looks like a copy of Flipper 3, though I don't know how complete it is. It seems to consist of a collection of files:
The files are:
- FLIP3.SYS
- FWMATRIX.SYS
- NEWFWOS.SYS
- README.ASC
- README.LOC
plus what I suspect are dumps of the boot tracks from two disk images:
Hi JTN, we have several versions of flipper. The problem is that some version needs a CF2DD drive to get its dsk image, but the drive fails on the PC. As soon as we can verify the bug and make the dsk images, we will upload them to the PCWwiki. Cheers