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Instant Software was a company that produced game, utility, and education software in the late 1970s and early 1980s primarily for the TRS-80 line of home computers. Instant Software was a subsidiary of Kilobaud Microcomputing, headquartered in Peterborough, New Hampshire and run by Wayne Green.

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Green said in 1980 that although his company Instant Software had published "hundreds of programs for the TRS-80 [and] want to translate as many as possible for use on the TI-99/4", it could not find anyone among more than 1,000 developers in its network who could port software to the computer, adding "We understand the problems with the system and the efforts Texas Instruments made to make translation difficult". [1]

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References

  1. ↑ Green, Wayne (August 1980). "Publisher's Remarks". Kilobaud. p. 8. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  2. ↑ The Software Encyclopedia. Bowker. 1985. p. 343. Retrieved 2008-09-13.
  3. ↑ Playing a 42.5 Year-Old New Old Stock PC (Personal Computer) Game. Youtube. 8-Bit Show And Tell. Robin Harbron. May 9, 2021. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
  4. ↑ Herro, Mark (December 1980). "The Electric Eye". The Dragon (44): 86–87.
  5. ↑ Campbell, Bruce (June 1981). "Capsule Reviews". The Space Gamer . Steve Jackson Games (40): 36.
  6. ↑ Wordwatch Manual. Instant Software. 1983 – via archive.org.
  7. ↑ Campbell, Bruce (February 1981). "Capsule Reviews". The Space Gamer . Steve Jackson Games (36): 27.
  8. ↑ Mishcon, Jon (December 1980). "Capsule Reviews". The Space Gamer . Steve Jackson Games (34): 35.
  9. ↑ Campbell, Bruce (May 1981). "Capsule Reviews". The Space Gamer . Steve Jackson Games (39): 35.
  10. ↑ Danger in Orbit Manual. Instant Software. 1981 – via archive.org.
  11. ↑ Master Reversi Manual. Instant Software. 1981 – via archive.org.
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