Editing RISC iX (section)

==Application software==
In 1989, Acorn announced support for the R140 from a number of application software vendors, including [[Informix]], along with applications such as Uniplex, Q-Office (from Quadratron), Tetraplan, Sculptor (from MPD), Sea Change (from Thomson),<ref name="acornuser198904">{{cite news |url=https://archive.org/details/AcornUser081-Apr89/page/n8/mode/1up |title=Informix signs up for R140 |work=Acorn User |date=April 1989 |access-date=23 October 2020 |pages=7}}</ref> Recital ("a [[dBase]] compatible relational database") and Q-Calc ("a [[Lotus 1-2-3|Lotus]], key-compatible spreadsheet").<ref name="acornuser198908">{{cite news |url=https://archive.org/details/AcornUser085-Aug89/page/n10/mode/1up |title=Acorn Unix puts on a good show |work=Acorn User |date=August 1989 |access-date=1 November 2020 |pages=7}}</ref> Applications for school administration and financial management - SIMS and SCRIPT (a [[COBOL]]-based school administration system<ref name="archive199005">{{cite news |url=https://archive.org/details/Archive_1990-05_OCR/page/n41/mode/2up |title=Some Thoughts on Unix |work=Archive |date=May 1990 |access-date=10 April 2021 |last1=Lynch |first1=Ian |pages=40–41}}</ref>) - were also offered in a bundle with the R140 workstation.<ref name="acornuser198906">{{cite news |url=https://archive.org/details/AcornUser083-Jun89/page/n16/mode/1up |title=Unix for schools |work=Acorn User |date=June 1989 |access-date=23 October 2020 |pages=15}}</ref> The database application development tool [[DataFlex]] was announced for the R140 in mid-1990.<ref name="acornuser199007_dataflex">{{cite news |url=https://archive.org/details/AcornUser096-Jul90/page/n10/mode/1up |title=R140 Applications Made Easy |work=Acorn User |date=July 1990 |access-date=6 May 2021 |pages=9}}</ref>