The Bird Sanctuary - Memories of Telecomsoft
                  www.birdsanctuary.co.uk

This site has been established by Richard Hewison, an old friend
of mine, originally from Prestel days. Richard also programmed the
Amiga version of SynTax for me.

Here is some of the text from the site. Please give it a visit and
remind yourself of some great games!  Richard will be updating it
regularly.

Introduction

Welcome to the Bird Sanctuary, a refuge for nostalgic memories of
Telecomsoft, better known in the UK and Europe during the 1980s as
Firebird and Rainbird Software.

The Bird Sanctuary has been compiled, written and contributed to
by ex-Telecomsoft staff and developers. Its existence comes from a
desire to try and document all of my own memories of working for
Firebird and Rainbird, especially in light of the growing
'emulation' scene. Legal and moral complications aside, it is now
possible to find a large number of old Telecomsoft titles on the
web if you know where to look. This site tries to tell the stories
of some of those games from a unique 'behind-the-scenes'
perspective.

I worked for Telecomsoft during the last twelve months of its
ownership by British Telecom, before Rainbird and Firebird were
sold to rival games publisher, Microprose UK Limited. I then
transferred employment to the new owners and worked for them for
another five months or so before they finally closed the London
office.

As most of this site is from personal memories that are now over
13 years old, there is a chance that some of the information here
might not be 100% accurate. I'm more than willing to correct
inaccuracies, and give others the chance to offer their own
memories or opinions on what went on during the development of the
games covered here. So, if any ex- colleagues or developers of
Rainbird or Firebird software wish to contribute, please get in
contact with me. The more the merrier!

Some images found on this site have been sourced off the Internet
and credit and thanks is made where appropriate. All other images,
files, etc. have been scanned and/or created specifically for this
website. The copyright on the Rainbird and Firebird logos shown
here certainly used to reside with British Telecom and
subsequently Microprose UK Limited. Who owns them now is currently
unknown.

I hope that some of you find this site interesting and maybe even
a little nostalgic. Please pop back once in a while, as more
information will (hopefully) be added on a semi-regular basis. A
Guest Book will hopefully be up and running fairly soon, giving
all visitors the chance to share in their own memories of Rainbird
and Firebird games as well as pass comment on this site.


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