Re: dbase II on an AII ?

["william strutts" <wrstrutts1@home.com>]

Dbase wasn't a relational database until DB IV.  It
simulated a relational DB on the prior versions.  It wasn't
a true relational DB until version IV.  You might be
thinking of Foxpro which was relational before DB IV.


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"John King" <joki@eskimo.com> wrote in message
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> dBase II was relational, at least on the PC's if definitely was.
>
> Curious -- when you're running under CP/M on the Apple 2, can you read and
> write to ProDos disks too?
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> <tturner@ecn.ab.ca> wrote in message 3b08ac1e@ecn.ab.ca">news:3b08ac1e@ecn.ab.ca...
> > Rick (nomail@nomail.com) wrote:
> > : Thug wrote:
> > : >
> > : > "Rick" <nomail@nomail.com> wrote in message
> > : > 3B081D60.122AB70@nomail.com">news:3B081D60.122AB70@nomail.com...
> > : > > Does anyine remeber if it was possible to run dBase II on an Apple
> II
> > : > > with a Z80 M$ Softcard?
> > : >
> > : > Yes it was. I had many dBase II databases running under Z80
Softcard.
> > : >
> >
> > : Thanks.
> >
> > : > > Also, were there any other relational DBs fot the Apple II?
> > : >
> > : > Many. Appleworks for one!
> > : > There was also one by Infocom called CornerStone or something like
> that, and
> > : > one called DB Master I think.
> >
> > : Appleworks is a flatfile database. Were the others relational or flat?
> > <snip>
> >
> > --> I thought dBase wasn't fully relational until v4.x - which would
> >     leave-out the last A2 version (v2).  There were several flatfile
> >     databases - which don't count if you're determined to have an A2
> >     relational database program.  And yes, my DB Master Professional
> >     indicates right on the box that it's relational.  I know of none
> >     other for the A2 - but there may have been.
> >
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