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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Group of computer companies based in Cambridge}}<br />
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{{Infobox company<br />
| name = GST Computer Systems<br />
| type = [[Private limited company|Private]]<br />
| founded = {{start date and age|1979|6}}<br />
| founder = Jeff Fenton<br />
| defunct = 2012<br />
| hq_location = [[Cambridge]], England<br />
| fate = [[Liquidation]]<br />
| subsid = {{flatlist|<br />
* GST Professional Services<br />
* GST Software Products<br />
* GST Training Centre<br />
* Electric Software<br />
}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''GST''' was a group of computer companies based in [[Cambridge]], England, founded by Jeff Fenton in June 1979. The company worked with [[Atari]], [[Sinclair Research]], [[Torch Computers]], [[Acorn Computers]], [[Monotype Corporation]] and [[Kwik-Fit]], amongst others.<br />
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The group included:<br />
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* '''GST Computer Systems''': the original name of the company.<br />
* '''GST Professional Services''': a software consultancy that was sold and became OTIB A.T.<br />
* '''GST Software Products''': produced [[retail software]], most notably [[Timeworks Publisher]].<br />
* '''GST Training Centre''': a class based software training provider in [[Cambridgeshire]], UK.<br />
* '''Electric Software''': a games software label, producing titles for [[home computer]]s such as the [[Commodore 64]], [[ZX Spectrum]], and [[MSX]]-compatible models in the early 1980s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.videopac.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=7828&sid=381cfc24fa933d5f37e53d1175d9ae9b|title=Videopac 64: Shark Hunter|date=2007-08-10|work=videopac.org|accessdate=2009-03-26|archive-date=28 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728155557/http://www.videopac.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=7828&sid=381cfc24fa933d5f37e53d1175d9ae9b|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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GST Computer Systems started as a contract software development company. In 1983, it became involved with Sinclair Research, producing the [[68K/OS]] [[operating system]] (later rejected by Sinclair) and development software for the [[Sinclair QL]].<ref name="about-greenstreet">{{cite web|url=http://greenstreet-online.com/about.html|title=About Greenstreet|work=Greenstreet Online|accessdate=2009-03-26|archive-date=13 April 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090413202213/http://greenstreet-online.com/About.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1985 it was approached by [[Atari Corporation]] to port products from the QL on to the just to be launched [[Atari ST]]. The [[word processing]] package ''[[1st Word]]'' was bundled with every Atari ST for the first two years of its life and GST became the leading software supplier for the Atari ST platform.<br />
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In 1987 GST developed its first [[desktop publishing]] application, Timeworks Publisher. This was sold in the US by [[Timeworks|Timeworks, Inc.]] (a [[Chicago]] based software publisher) as [[Publish-It!]]. This product went on to become the world-leading budget DTP product until competition from [[Microsoft Publisher]] in 1993 caused the eventual demise of Timeworks, Inc. The product was sold under new names including NEBS PageMagic (changed after objections from [[Adobe Systems|Adobe]]), [[Macmillan Publishers|Macmillan Publisher]], Canon Publisher, and many other brands, distinguished by use of the {{mono|.DTP}} [[file extension]]. The latest version was sold as Greenstreet Publisher 4 and is downwards file compatible with earlier versions.<br />
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In 2001 GST merged with eGames Europe as a new company, '''Greenstreet Software'''. It remains a developer and publisher of computer software for [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] operating systems. In July 2008 the company was reconstructed and traded as '''Greenstreet Online''' Limited.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/greenstreet-software-goes-into-liquidation|title=Greenstreet Software goes into liquidation|website=GamesIndustry.biz|language=en|access-date=2020-01-22}}</ref><br />
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In November 2012, Greenstreet Online Limited was declared insolvent, and went into voluntary liquidation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/06595178|title=GREENSTREET ONLINE LIMITED – Overview (Free company information from Companies House)}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[GEM/5]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060514024052/https://www.softwrap.com/news_page.aspx?News_Item=42 greenstreet Softwrap product announcement]<br />
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