<s>
MetaComCo	B-Device
(	O
MCC	O
)	O
was	O
a	O
computer	O
systems	O
software	O
company	O
started	O
in	O
1981	O
and	O
based	O
in	O
Bristol	O
,	O
England	O
by	O
Peter	O
Mackeonis	O
and	O
Derek	O
Budge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MetaComCo	B-Device
's	O
first	O
product	O
was	O
an	O
MBASIC	B-Language
compatible	O
interpreter	B-Application
for	O
IBM	B-Device
PCs	I-Device
,	O
which	O
was	O
licensed	O
by	O
Peter	O
Mackeonis	O
to	O
Digital	O
Research	O
in	O
1982	O
,	O
and	O
issued	O
as	O
the	O
Digital	O
Research	O
Personal	O
Basic	O
,	O
running	O
under	O
CP/M	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
computer	B-Language
languages	I-Language
followed	O
,	O
also	O
licensed	O
by	O
Digital	O
Research	O
and	O
MetaComCo	B-Device
established	O
an	O
office	O
in	O
Pacific	O
Grove	O
,	O
California	O
,	O
to	O
service	O
their	O
United	O
States	O
customers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1984	O
Dr.	O
Tim	O
King	O
joined	O
the	O
company	O
,	O
bringing	O
with	O
him	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
TRIPOS	B-Operating_System
for	O
the	O
Motorola	B-Device
68000	I-Device
processor	I-Device
which	O
he	O
had	O
previously	O
worked	O
on	O
whilst	O
a	O
researcher	O
at	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Cambridge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
was	O
used	O
as	O
the	O
basis	O
of	O
AmigaDOS	B-Operating_System
(	O
file-related	O
functions	O
of	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
)	O
;	O
MetaComCo	B-Device
won	O
the	O
contract	O
from	O
Commodore	O
because	O
the	O
original	O
planned	O
Amiga	B-Device
disk	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
called	O
Commodore	B-Device
Amiga	I-Device
Operating	B-General_Concept
System	I-General_Concept
(	O
CAOS	O
)	O
was	O
behind	O
schedule	O
;	O
timescales	O
were	O
incredibly	O
tight	O
and	O
TRIPOS	B-Operating_System
provided	O
a	O
head	O
start	O
for	O
a	O
replacement	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MetaComCo	B-Device
also	O
developed	O
ABasiC	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
the	O
first	O
BASIC	B-Language
interpreter	I-Language
provided	O
with	O
Amigas	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
MetaComCo	B-Device
also	O
worked	O
with	O
Atari	O
Corporation	O
to	O
produce	O
the	O
BASIC	O
initially	O
provided	O
with	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
in	O
1985	O
:	O
ST	B-Language
BASIC	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
also	O
sold	O
the	O
Lattice	B-Device
C	I-Device
compiler	B-Language
for	O
the	O
Sinclair	B-Device
QL	I-Device
and	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
and	O
range	O
of	O
other	O
languages	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
MetaComCo	B-Device
also	O
represented	O
LISP	B-Language
and	O
REDUCE	O
software	O
from	O
the	O
RAND	O
Corporation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
of	O
the	O
team	O
at	O
MetaComCo	B-Device
went	O
on	O
to	O
found	O
Perihelion	O
Software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mackeonis	O
founded	O
Triangle	O
Publishing	O
,	O
the	O
software	O
publishing	O
company	O
responsible	O
for	O
creating	O
the	O
ST	O
Organizer	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
and	O
PC	O
Organizer	O
and	O
Counterpoint	O
(	O
a	O
GUI	B-Application
system	O
)	O
for	O
Amstrad	O
Computers	O
and	O
GoldStar	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MetaComCo	B-Device
BASIC	O
was	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
Singapore	O
Teleview	O
videotext	O
receiver	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
unknown	O
when	O
MetaComCo	B-Device
was	O
disestablished	O
,	O
or	O
if	O
it	O
ever	O
was	O
.	O
</s>
