Re: dbase II on an AII ?

["John King" <joki@eskimo.com>]

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?



<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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