<s>
LocoScript	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
word	B-General_Concept
processing	I-General_Concept
software	O
package	O
created	O
by	O
Locomotive	B-Device
Software	I-Device
and	O
first	O
released	O
with	O
the	O
Amstrad	B-Device
PCW	I-Device
,	O
a	O
personal	B-Device
computer	I-Device
launched	O
in	O
1985	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Early	O
versions	O
of	O
LocoScript	B-Protocol
were	O
noted	O
for	O
combining	O
a	O
wide	O
range	O
of	O
facilities	O
with	O
outstanding	O
ease	O
of	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
and	O
the	O
low	O
price	O
of	O
the	O
hardware	O
made	O
it	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best-selling	O
word	B-General_Concept
processors	I-General_Concept
of	O
the	O
late	O
1980s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Four	O
major	O
versions	O
of	O
LocoScript	B-Protocol
were	O
published	O
for	O
the	O
PCW	O
,	O
and	O
two	O
for	O
IBM-compatible	O
PCs	B-Device
running	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
LocoScript	B-Protocol
's	O
market	O
share	O
did	O
n't	O
expand	O
with	O
the	O
PC	O
versions	O
,	O
which	O
were	O
not	O
released	O
until	O
after	O
Windows	B-Application
had	O
become	O
the	O
dominant	O
PC	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
LocoScript	B-Protocol
's	O
developers	O
,	O
Locomotive	B-Device
Software	I-Device
,	O
had	O
produced	O
Locomotive	B-Language
BASIC	I-Language
for	O
Amstrad	O
's	O
CPC	B-Device
464	I-Device
home	O
computer	O
,	O
introduced	O
in	O
1984	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
Amstrad	B-Device
PCW	I-Device
,	O
introduced	O
in	O
1985	O
,	O
Locomotive	O
produced	O
the	O
LocoScript	B-Protocol
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
and	O
Mallard	B-Language
BASIC	I-Language
,	O
and	O
also	O
wrote	O
the	O
PCW	O
's	O
User	O
Guide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PCW	O
,	O
regarded	O
as	O
extremely	O
good	O
value	O
for	O
money	O
,	O
gained	O
60%	O
of	O
the	O
UK	O
home	O
computer	O
market	O
,	O
and	O
20%	O
of	O
the	O
European	O
personal	B-Device
computer	I-Device
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Personal	B-Device
Computer	I-Device
World	O
,	O
the	O
PCW	O
"	O
got	O
the	O
technophobes	O
using	O
computers	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LocoScript	B-Protocol
was	O
regarded	O
as	O
easier	O
to	O
use	O
than	O
Wordstar	B-Application
and	O
WordPerfect	B-Application
,	O
which	O
in	O
the	O
mid-1980s	O
were	O
the	O
dominant	O
word	B-General_Concept
processors	I-General_Concept
on	O
IBM-compatible	O
PCs	B-Device
,	O
and	O
many	O
users	O
needed	O
no	O
additional	O
information	O
beyond	O
what	O
the	O
manual	O
's	O
"	O
first	O
20	O
minutes	O
"	O
introductory	O
chapter	O
provided	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PCW	O
's	O
keyboard	O
offered	O
clearly	O
labelled	O
,	O
one-press	O
special	O
keys	O
for	O
many	O
common	O
LocoScript	B-Protocol
functions	O
,	O
including	O
cut	B-General_Concept
,	I-General_Concept
copy	I-General_Concept
,	I-General_Concept
and	I-General_Concept
paste	I-General_Concept
,	O
while	O
LocoScript	B-Protocol
's	O
competitors	O
required	O
a	O
wide	O
range	O
of	O
key	O
combinations	O
that	O
the	O
user	O
had	O
to	O
remember	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
of	O
the	O
program	O
's	O
other	O
features	O
were	O
presented	O
via	O
a	O
pull-down	O
menu	O
bar	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
top-level	O
options	O
were	O
activated	O
by	O
function	B-Application
keys	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Locomotive	B-Device
Software	I-Device
's	O
slogan	O
for	O
the	O
product	O
was	O
"	O
Everything	O
you	O
need	O
,	O
nothing	O
you	O
do	O
n't	O
.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
LocoScript	B-Protocol
version	O
1	O
was	O
regarded	O
as	O
relatively	O
slow	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
PCW	O
product	O
line	O
was	O
discontinued	O
in	O
1998	O
,	O
The	O
Daily	O
Telegraph	O
said	O
that	O
the	O
range	O
of	O
independently	O
produced	O
add-on	O
software	O
for	O
LocoScript	B-Protocol
had	O
contributed	O
to	O
the	O
series	O
 '	O
longevity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LocoScript	B-Protocol
faded	O
into	O
obscurity	O
because	O
its	O
developers	O
were	O
slow	O
to	O
produce	O
a	O
version	O
for	O
IBM-compatible	O
PCs	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
the	O
time	O
they	O
released	O
a	O
version	O
that	O
ran	O
under	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Application
was	O
becoming	O
the	O
dominant	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developers	O
of	O
WordPerfect	B-Application
made	O
a	O
similar	O
mistake	O
,	O
releasing	O
their	O
first	O
Windows	B-Application
version	O
in	O
1991	O
,	O
shortly	O
after	O
the	O
second	O
Windows	B-Application
version	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
late	O
as	O
1993	O
,	O
a	O
journalist	O
found	O
"	O
special	O
characters	O
"	O
much	O
easier	O
to	O
produce	O
on	O
LocoScript	B-Protocol
than	O
on	O
PC	O
word	B-General_Concept
processing	I-General_Concept
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LocoScript	B-Protocol
was	O
the	O
principal	O
software	O
included	O
with	O
Amstrad	O
's	O
PCW	O
8256	O
and	O
PCW	O
8512	O
,	O
both	O
of	O
which	O
launched	O
in	O
1985	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LocoScript	B-Protocol
did	O
not	O
run	O
under	O
the	O
control	O
of	O
an	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
,	O
but	O
,	O
instead	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
:	O
the	O
computer	O
was	O
booted	O
from	O
the	O
LocoScript	B-Protocol
floppy	O
disk	O
,	O
and	O
LocoScript	B-Protocol
ran	O
exclusively	O
on	O
the	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
user	O
had	O
to	O
reboot	B-Operating_System
in	O
order	O
to	O
run	O
any	O
other	O
program	O
(	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
CP/M	B-Application
applications	O
were	O
supplied	O
on	O
a	O
separate	O
disk	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
later	O
years	O
a	O
third-party	O
utility	O
called	O
"	O
Flipper	O
"	O
eventually	O
became	O
available	O
,	O
restricted	O
to	O
those	O
PCWs	O
with	O
the	O
greatest	O
RAM	B-Architecture
memory	I-Architecture
,	O
which	O
could	O
divide	O
the	O
bigger	O
memory	O
between	O
LocoScript	B-Protocol
and	O
CP/M	B-Application
,	O
allowing	O
both	O
to	O
run	O
without	O
the	O
need	O
to	O
reboot	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
start-up	O
LocoScript	B-Protocol
displayed	O
a	O
file	B-Application
management	I-Application
menu	O
,	O
like	O
WordStar	B-Application
but	O
unlike	O
WordPerfect	B-Application
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
and	O
other	O
modern	O
word	B-General_Concept
processors	I-General_Concept
,	O
which	O
start	O
with	O
an	O
empty	O
document	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LocoScript	B-Protocol
enabled	O
users	O
to	O
divide	O
documents	O
into	O
groups	O
,	O
display	O
all	O
the	O
groups	O
on	O
a	O
disk	O
and	O
then	O
the	O
documents	O
in	O
the	O
selected	O
group	O
,	O
and	O
set	O
up	O
a	O
template	B-Protocol
for	O
each	O
group	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
File	O
names	O
were	O
restricted	O
to	O
the	O
"	O
8.3	O
"	O
format	B-Application
,	O
but	O
the	O
edit	O
facilities	O
enabled	O
users	O
to	O
add	O
summaries	O
up	O
to	O
90	O
characters	O
long	O
,	O
which	O
they	O
could	O
display	O
from	O
the	O
file	O
menu	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
"	O
limbo	B-Application
file	O
"	O
facility	O
enabled	O
users	O
to	O
recover	O
accidentally	O
deleted	O
documents	O
until	O
the	O
disk	O
ran	O
out	O
of	O
space	O
(	O
there	O
was	O
no	O
hard	O
disk	O
,	O
all	O
files	O
were	O
stored	O
on	O
floppy	O
disks	O
)	O
,	O
when	O
the	O
software	O
would	O
permanently	O
delete	O
files	O
from	O
"	O
limbo	B-Application
"	O
to	O
make	O
room	O
for	O
new	O
ones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Journalist	O
Dave	O
Langford	O
published	O
a	O
collection	O
of	O
his	O
articles	O
about	O
the	O
PCW	O
,	O
and	O
titled	O
it	O
"	O
The	O
Limbo	B-Application
Files	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LocoScript	B-Protocol
was	O
designed	O
to	O
accommodate	O
add-on	O
programs	O
,	O
which	O
could	O
be	O
selected	O
via	O
the	O
file	B-Application
manager	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
LocoScript	B-Protocol
supported	O
150	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
each	O
language	O
supported	O
by	O
the	O
PCW	O
,	O
the	O
keyboard	O
and	O
LocoScript	B-Protocol
were	O
configured	O
so	O
that	O
users	O
could	O
easily	O
type	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
normal	O
character	B-General_Concept
set	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
LocoScript	B-Protocol
could	O
also	O
display	O
mathematical	O
and	O
technical	O
symbols	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LocoScript	B-Protocol
's	O
menu	O
system	O
enabled	O
users	O
to	O
add	O
,	O
singly	O
or	O
in	O
combination	O
,	O
a	O
range	O
of	O
sophisticated	O
typographical	O
effects	O
:	O
monospaced	O
or	O
proportional	O
character	O
spacing	O
;	O
normal	O
or	O
double	O
width	O
characters	O
and	O
spacing	O
;	O
various	O
font	O
sizes	O
;	O
bold	O
,	O
underline	O
,	O
italics	O
,	O
subscript	O
or	O
superscript	O
,	O
and	O
reverse	O
video	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
could	O
optionally	O
set	O
up	O
to	O
two	O
page	O
headers	O
and	O
footers	O
,	O
and	O
could	O
tell	O
LocoScript	B-Protocol
whether	O
to	O
use	O
one	O
header	O
or	O
footer	O
on	O
odd	O
pages	O
and	O
the	O
other	O
on	O
even	O
pages	O
,	O
one	O
header	O
or	O
footer	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
or	O
last	O
page	O
and	O
another	O
for	O
all	O
the	O
rest	O
,	O
or	O
to	O
omit	O
a	O
header	O
or	O
footer	O
on	O
the	O
first	O
or	O
last	O
page	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LocoScript	B-Protocol
automatically	O
avoided	O
widows	O
and	O
orphans	O
,	O
ensuring	O
that	O
,	O
if	O
a	O
paragraph	O
of	O
four	O
or	O
more	O
lines	O
split	O
across	O
pages	O
,	O
at	O
least	O
two	O
lines	O
appeared	O
on	O
each	O
page	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
could	O
also	O
tell	O
LocoScript	B-Protocol
to	O
keep	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
lines	O
or	O
paragraphs	O
together	O
on	O
the	O
same	O
page	O
,	O
or	O
to	O
avoid	O
splitting	O
paragraphs	O
throughout	O
a	O
document	O
,	O
and	O
could	O
force	O
page	O
breaks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LocoScript	B-Protocol
's	O
cut	B-General_Concept
,	I-General_Concept
copy	I-General_Concept
and	I-General_Concept
paste	I-General_Concept
facility	O
provided	O
10	O
paste	O
buffers	O
(	O
"	O
blocks	O
"	O
)	O
,	O
each	O
of	O
which	O
was	O
designated	O
by	O
a	O
number	O
and	O
could	O
be	O
saved	O
for	O
re-use	O
in	O
a	O
different	O
document	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
users	O
could	O
insert	O
whole	O
files	O
,	O
which	O
could	O
be	O
either	O
LocoScript	B-Protocol
documents	O
or	O
ASCII	B-Protocol
text	I-Protocol
files	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
LocoScript	B-Protocol
allowed	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
edit	O
one	O
document	O
while	O
printing	O
another	O
,	O
so	O
that	O
the	O
relative	O
slowness	O
of	O
the	O
bundled	O
dot	O
matrix	O
printer	O
seldom	O
caused	O
difficulties	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LocoScript	B-Protocol
automatically	O
adjusted	O
the	O
size	O
of	O
margins	O
so	O
that	O
the	O
same	O
number	O
of	O
lines	O
per	O
page	O
appeared	O
on	O
both	O
single-sheet	O
and	O
continuous	O
stationery	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
the	O
printer	O
only	O
accepted	O
one	O
sheet	O
of	O
single-sheet	O
paper	O
at	O
a	O
time	O
,	O
LocoScript	B-Protocol
displayed	O
a	O
prompt	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
each	O
page	O
when	O
in	O
single-sheet	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
printing	O
LocoScript	B-Protocol
documents	O
,	O
the	O
program	O
had	O
a	O
"	O
direct	O
printing	O
"	O
mode	O
which	O
operated	O
like	O
a	O
typewriter	O
,	O
printing	O
each	O
piece	O
of	O
text	O
after	O
the	O
user	O
pressed	O
RETURN	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
LocoScript	B-Protocol
version	O
1	O
had	O
no	O
spell	B-Application
checker	I-Application
or	O
mail	B-Application
merge	I-Application
facilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
the	O
sophistication	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
,	O
the	O
great	O
drawback	O
of	O
the	O
PCWs	O
was	O
the	O
exclusive	O
reliance	O
of	O
the	O
early	O
models	O
(	O
the	O
PCW	O
8256	O
and	O
8512	O
)	O
on	O
a	O
poor	O
quality	O
dot	O
matrix	O
printer	O
,	O
coupled	O
with	O
the	O
eventual	O
introduction	O
(	O
with	O
the	O
9512	O
)	O
of	O
a	O
high	O
quality	O
daisy	O
wheel	O
printer	O
that	O
could	O
not	O
print	O
any	O
of	O
the	O
wide	O
range	O
of	O
non-alphanumeric	O
symbols	O
which	O
the	O
LocoScript	B-Protocol
software	O
was	O
capable	O
of	O
producing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
was	O
seriously	O
hamstrung	O
by	O
the	O
poor	O
quality	O
of	O
the	O
hardware	O
:	O
but	O
this	O
was	O
due	O
in	O
large	O
part	O
to	O
a	O
commercial	O
decision	O
not	O
to	O
provide	O
any	O
support	O
for	O
third-party	O
printers	O
so	O
long	O
as	O
the	O
software	O
remained	O
exclusive	O
to	O
the	O
PCW	O
format	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
LocoScript	B-Protocol
2	O
was	O
bundled	O
with	O
the	O
Amstrad	B-Device
PCW	I-Device
9512	O
,	O
introduced	O
in	O
1987	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
was	O
significantly	O
faster	O
,	O
included	O
the	O
LocoSpell	O
spell	B-Application
checker	I-Application
,	O
and	O
came	O
bundled	O
with	O
a	O
high-quality	O
daisy	O
wheel	O
printer	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
supporting	O
the	O
original	O
dot	O
matrix	O
printer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
increased	O
its	O
character	B-General_Concept
set	I-General_Concept
to	O
400	O
and	O
allowed	O
users	O
to	O
define	O
up	O
to	O
16	O
of	O
their	O
own	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
could	O
also	O
format	B-Application
,	O
copy	O
and	O
verify	O
disks	O
by	O
itself	O
,	O
instead	O
of	O
requiring	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
switch	O
to	O
CP/M	B-Application
and	O
use	O
the	O
Disc	O
Kit	O
utility	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Copying	O
via	O
LocoScript	B-Protocol
,	O
however	O
,	O
could	O
be	O
much	O
slower	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
the	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
occupying	O
more	O
RAM	B-Architecture
than	O
the	O
CP/M	B-Application
system	O
,	O
and	O
so	O
leaving	O
less	O
usable	O
space	O
on	O
the	O
RAM	B-Application
disk	I-Application
,	O
copying	O
had	O
to	O
be	O
done	O
in	O
smaller	O
,	O
more	O
numerous	O
stages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Besides	O
the	O
addition	O
of	O
LocoSpell	O
,	O
LocoScript	B-Protocol
2	O
was	O
also	O
the	O
earliest	O
version	O
to	O
support	O
the	O
optional	O
LocoFile	O
add-on	O
,	O
providing	O
database	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LocoScript	B-Protocol
PC	O
,	O
later	O
known	O
as	O
LocoScript	B-Protocol
PC	O
Easy	O
,	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
LocoScript	B-Protocol
to	O
be	O
incompatible	O
with	O
the	O
Amstrad	B-Device
PCW	I-Device
,	O
instead	O
targeting	O
IBM-compatible	O
PCs	B-Device
running	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
3.0	O
and	O
above	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Released	O
in	O
1990	O
,	O
the	O
program	O
's	O
feature	O
set	O
was	O
largely	O
inline	O
with	O
LocoScript	B-Protocol
2	O
,	O
supporting	O
LocoSpell	O
,	O
LocoMail	O
,	O
and	O
LocoFile	O
,	O
while	O
also	O
adding	O
a	O
few	O
new	O
features	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
support	O
for	O
mixing	O
text	O
with	O
different	O
fonts	O
and	O
new	O
text	O
styling	O
options	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
substantially	O
increased	O
range	O
of	O
compatible	O
third-party	O
printers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Released	O
in	O
May	O
1992	O
,	O
LocoScript	B-Protocol
Professional	O
,	O
or	O
simply	O
Script	O
,	O
was	O
the	O
second	O
major	O
release	O
of	O
LocoScript	B-Protocol
to	O
run	O
on	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
and	O
included	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
new	O
features	O
and	O
improvements	O
over	O
LocoScript	B-Protocol
PC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supported	O
printers	O
that	O
connected	O
using	O
the	O
then-standard	O
parallel	B-Device
port	I-Device
,	O
such	O
as	O
most	O
HP	O
DeskJets	O
and	O
some	O
Brother	O
HL-series	O
Laser	O
printers	O
(	O
which	O
could	O
be	O
run	O
under	O
DOS	O
using	O
the	O
generic	O
LaserJet4	O
driver	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
did	O
not	O
support	O
printers	O
which	O
required	O
a	O
USB	O
connection	O
or	O
which	O
were	O
labelled	O
"	O
Windows	B-Application
only	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
issues	O
exist	O
as	O
to	O
its	O
compatibility	O
with	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	O
,	O
Vista	O
,	O
7	O
,	O
8	O
,	O
and	O
10	O
(	O
when	O
run	O
on	O
those	O
systems	O
 '	O
DOS	O
mode	O
or	O
using	O
the	O
DOSBox	O
emulator	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
it	O
loses	O
WYSIWYG	B-Application
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
version	O
2.51	O
can	O
be	O
tweaked	O
to	O
work	O
in	O
Windows	B-Application
10	O
under	O
DOSbox	O
MB6	O
{	O
Set	O
in	O
LocoScript	B-Protocol
by	O
selecting	O
F9-Settings-F5-ScreenMode-Text	O
Screen	O
Direct-OK	O
F10}	O
(	O
DOSBox	O
MB6	O
maintains	O
printing	O
via	O
the	O
parallel	B-Device
printer	I-Device
port	I-Device
,	O
running	O
in	O
text	O
screen	O
mode	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LocoScript	B-Protocol
3	O
included	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
print	O
text	O
at	O
any	O
size	O
using	O
scalable	O
"	O
LX	O
"	O
fonts	O
,	O
and	O
to	O
use	O
multiple	O
fonts	O
in	O
a	O
document	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
vendor	O
,	O
LocoScript	B-Protocol
3	O
also	O
had	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
include	O
pictures	O
and	O
draw	O
boxes	O
within	O
documents	O
,	O
a	O
facility	O
to	O
print	O
odd-numbered	O
and	O
even-numbered	O
pages	O
separately	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
word	O
counter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
vendor	O
recommended	O
LocoScript	B-Protocol
3	O
only	O
for	O
use	O
with	O
PCW	O
models	O
that	O
had	O
512KB	O
of	O
RAM	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Four	O
add-on	O
utilities	O
were	O
included	O
:	O
LocoSpell	O
(	O
a	O
spell	B-Application
checker	I-Application
)	O
,	O
LocoMail	O
(	O
a	O
mail	B-Application
merge	I-Application
program	O
)	O
,	O
LocoFile	O
(	O
a	O
database	O
program	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
Printer	O
Support	O
Pack	O
,	O
but	O
(	O
unlike	O
in	O
the	O
earlier	O
LocoScript	B-Protocol
versions	O
)	O
these	O
utilities	O
were	O
no	O
longer	O
sold	O
separately	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
last	O
major	O
version	O
of	O
LocoScript	B-Protocol
for	O
the	O
PCW	O
,	O
LocoScript	B-Protocol
4	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1996	O
by	O
LocoScript	B-Protocol
Software	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
company	O
created	O
by	O
former	O
Locomotive	B-Device
Software	I-Device
employees	O
after	O
the	O
sale	O
of	O
Locomotive	O
to	O
Demon	O
Internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
4	O
also	O
supported	O
the	O
mail	B-Application
merge	I-Application
program	O
,	O
LocoMail	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
LocoFile	O
database	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
