Arnor

Arnor Ltd. was British software company, based in Peterborough that existed from 1985 till 1995. They were named after one of the locations from The Lord of the Rings and the manuals included many quotes from the book. They pionierred the use of ROM software on the CPC and their releases of Maxam and Protext also came on cartridge (a single tiny ROM board) in addition to their tape/disc/ROM format.

Releases for CPC

• Maxam
• Maxam 1.5 (ROM version which needed Protext
• Maxam 2 (CP/M Plus version)
• Protext (tape/disc/ROM based word processor. CP/M Plus version also released which combined Protext, ProSpell and ProMerge).
• ProSpell (ROM/disc based spellchecker)
• ProMerge (disc based mail merge facilities)
• ProMerge Plus (ROM based mail merge facilities)
• Pocket Protext (CP/M Plus version of Protext minus spellcheck and mail merge)
• Protext Filer and Protext Office (Uses Protext CP/M or Protext and ProMerge (Plus) to add database/office facilities)
• Pocket ProSpell (a demo based spellchecker given to subscribers of Amstrad Action in 1987)
• UTOPIA (ROM based utility which expanded CPC Basic with new commands.