<s>
Locomotive	B-Device
Software	I-Device
was	O
a	O
small	O
British	O
software	O
house	O
that	O
did	O
most	O
of	O
its	O
development	O
for	O
Amstrad	O
's	O
home	O
and	O
small	O
business	O
computers	O
of	O
the	O
1980s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
wrote	O
or	O
contributed	O
significantly	O
to	O
the	O
ROMs	O
of	O
the	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
464	I-Device
,	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
664	I-Device
and	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
6128	I-Device
home	O
computers	O
,	O
the	O
Amstrad	B-Device
PCW	I-Device
wordprocessor	O
and	O
the	O
later	O
Amstrad-manufactured	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
+2A	O
,	O
+2B	O
and	O
+3	O
machines	O
,	O
amongst	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
Locomotive	B-Language
BASIC	I-Language
for	O
the	O
CPC	O
range	O
was	O
a	O
fast	O
and	O
highly	O
featured	O
implementation	O
of	O
BASIC	O
for	O
the	O
time	O
and	O
later	O
led	O
to	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Mallard	B-Language
BASIC	I-Language
for	O
Amstrad	O
's	O
CP/M	B-Application
+	O
machines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Locomotive	O
was	O
also	O
responsible	O
for	O
the	O
ports	O
of	O
the	O
CP/M	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
to	O
Amstrad	O
machines	O
—	O
initially	O
2.2	O
for	O
the	O
CPC464	O
and	O
CPC664	O
and	O
later	O
CP/M	B-Application
3.0	O
(	O
"	O
CP/M	B-Application
+	O
"	O
)	O
for	O
the	O
CPC6128	O
,	O
PCW	O
range	O
and	O
Spectrum	O
+3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
later	O
Locomotive	B-Language
BASIC	I-Language
was	O
BASIC2	O
for	O
Digital	O
Research	O
's	O
GEM	B-Application
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
,	O
as	O
supplied	O
with	O
the	O
Amstrad	O
PC1512	O
and	O
PC1640	O
range	O
of	O
PC	O
clones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
also	O
developed	O
the	O
LocoScript	B-Protocol
word	O
processor	O
for	O
the	O
PCW	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
a	O
complete	O
bootable	O
environment	O
in	O
its	O
own	O
right	O
with	O
no	O
separate	O
underlying	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
later	O
produced	O
a	O
PC	O
version	O
of	O
this	O
software	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
not	O
very	O
successful	O
,	O
partly	O
because	O
it	O
was	O
a	O
DOS	O
application	O
,	O
just	O
as	O
the	O
PC	O
market	O
was	O
moving	O
to	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
but	O
also	O
because	O
the	O
program	O
compared	O
poorly	O
to	O
incumbents	O
like	O
WordPerfect	B-Application
in	O
the	O
more	O
competitive	O
environment	O
of	O
PC	O
word	O
processors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
same	O
team	O
later	O
went	O
on	O
to	O
develop	O
the	O
Turnpike	B-Protocol
Internet	O
client	O
for	O
Windows	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
for	O
many	O
years	O
distributed	O
as	O
the	O
standard	O
access	O
software	O
by	O
pioneering	O
dial-up	O
Internet	O
access	O
provider	O
Demon	O
Internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Demon	O
Internet	O
later	O
acquired	O
Locomotive	B-Device
Software	I-Device
.	O
</s>
