The ACT Financial Systems Division of Apricot Computers Plc has implemented its Quasar portfolio and unit trust management software for Apricot’s 80486-based VX FTserver series of computers, which was the earliest 80486 based system to be announced, way back in June last year. The company says it was responding to requests from small fund management organisations for departmental systems. The VX FT includes fault-tolerant and security features and supports OS/2 and LAN Manager as well as Unix. The new Quasar was written using the MUMPS procedural language under SCO Xenix and MS-DOS. Existing Quasar users, mostly with DEC VAX systems under VMS, include Lloyds Bank (Trust) Plc, Barclays de Zoete Wedd, Legal & General Assurance and Allied Provincial.
