About the Event Horizon

A Brief History of The Event Horizon

Who is 'The Event Horizon'?

The Event Horizon was formed in 1994 by Paul Gee and Darryl Sims. Since that time it has produced a number of innovative applications for the Acorn platform, including Macintosh file transfer software, RTF and text converters, as well as a number of other utilities. All are available from this site. Paul and Darryl were recently joined by Fiona Heathcote, who has taken over the responsibility of Webmaster for the Event Horizon, as well as part time software tester.

Some important dates

7th September 1999 - The PC Era

The Event Horizon moves to the PC platform after the demise of the Acorn market.

6th May 1992 - 30th June 1999 - The Acorn Years

During this period, the Event Horizon developed software exclusively for the Acorn platform. Here is a brief summary of the activities of the Event Horizon over this period.

Date

News Item

29th March 1997

RTF Reader v2.0 Beta released. Major upgrade to our RTF engine.

8th October 1996

The Event Horizon website goes on line.

27th July 1996

ChangeTxt v2.0 released. Major upgrade to THE text conversion utility.

October 1995

Archimedes World reviews AppleFS.

18th September 1995

ChangeTxt v1.0 released. Text conversion utility which supports Mac, PC and Acorn files with support for character set mapping.

1st September 1995

AppleFS version 1.22 ships.

August 1995

Acorn User reviews AppleFS.

29th July 1995

RTFLib version 0.1 Beta released. A Public Domain RTF programming library for the Acorn Platform.

1st May 1995

Lottery Checker v0.1 released. National Lottery syndicate utility.

10th March 1995

AppleFS version 1.20 finally ships.

17th July 1994

MacHFS becomes a commercial product, after Oregan Software Developments approaches The Event Horizon. A pre-release version of AppleFS v1.03 ships.

7th June 1994

RTF Reader & Writer v1.1 released, RTF file conversion utilities released for the Acorn platform.

27th April 1994

The Event Horizon becomes a Registered Acorn Developer.

4th February 1994

MacHFS v1.04 released. Vastly improved version of the Macintosh disc reader software with graphical user interface.

6th January 1994

MacHFS v0.2 released. The first Macintosh disc reader for the Acorn platform released into the Public Domain.

6th May 1992

The name "The Event Horizon" first used on an internal product.

Date	News Item
29th March 1997	RTF Reader v2.0 Beta released. Major upgrade to our RTF engine.
8th October 1996	The Event Horizon website goes on line.
27th July 1996	ChangeTxt v2.0 released. Major upgrade to THE text conversion utility.
October 1995	Archimedes World reviews AppleFS.
18th September 1995	ChangeTxt v1.0 released. Text conversion utility which supports Mac, PC and Acorn files with support for character set mapping.
1st September 1995	AppleFS version 1.22 ships.
August 1995	Acorn User reviews AppleFS.
29th July 1995	RTFLib version 0.1 Beta released. A Public Domain RTF programming library for the Acorn Platform.
1st May 1995	Lottery Checker v0.1 released. National Lottery syndicate utility.
10th March 1995	AppleFS version 1.20 finally ships.
17th July 1994	MacHFS becomes a commercial product, after Oregan Software Developments approaches The Event Horizon. A pre-release version of AppleFS v1.03 ships.
7th June 1994	RTF Reader & Writer v1.1 released, RTF file conversion utilities released for the Acorn platform.
27th April 1994	The Event Horizon becomes a Registered Acorn Developer.
4th February 1994	MacHFS v1.04 released. Vastly improved version of the Macintosh disc reader software with graphical user interface.
6th January 1994	MacHFS v0.2 released. The first Macintosh disc reader for the Acorn platform released into the Public Domain.
6th May 1992	The name "The Event Horizon" first used on an internal product.