> What was the advantage of going from dBase 2 to dBase 3 ? Anyone, Anyone? >
I looked at dBase II someone was was working with. dBase III had a nice command prompt and report builders. Excellent manual as well. That was back in the days when apps that succedded had outstanding documentation. Loosleaf binders so we could insert our own pages with notes, etc. Also, I do not recall dBase II having color, whereas dBase III allowed me to use color. I still have my original dBase III + apps and disks, 5.25" no less. AND I have my original IBM 286 (my first PC was an IBM PC with a CGA color card and 1200 baud Internal Hayes modem, I later bumped to 640k and a 10Mg HDD). I hold onto the past a little bit more than some I think g>... Gil > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Stephen Russell > Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 5:06 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: SQL > not optimised > > > On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 2:41 PM, MB Software Solutions General Account > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > NickC wrote: > >> Dan, > >> > >> Cannot change tables at all easily, they are accessed by some > thirty year > >> old applications. So unfortunately no I cannot add a C(1) > field for dept. > >> > > > > I didn't think Foxpro was around 30 years ago....what was the original > > program, just for the sake of curiosity? > ---------------------------------------------- > > FoxBase as a guess or was it dBase3? Maybe it started as a 1-2-3 app > and was fixed? > > > What was the advantage of going from dBase 2 to dBase 3 ? Anyone, Anyone? > > ;-> > > > -- > Stephen Russell > Sr. Production Systems Programmer > Mimeo.com > Memphis TN > > 901.246-0159 > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
