hakanson@orstcs.UUCP (07/25/83)
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orstcs!hakanson Jun 30 14:32:00 1983
Subject: Has anyone heard of DBMS' for Apple ?
I know it sounds funny, but I have seen them in the Apple "Blue Book"
and I would like some more information. The systems I saw had similar
capabilities, such as allowing "unsophisticated" users to design a
screen layout, and then automatically setting up files, along with
allowing design of reports, etc.
I'm interested in systems using SUPERKRAM or some similar Btree
indexing utility, all in BASIC (sorry, that's all their Apple II+ has),
mapping into (but not necessarily) a relational database, and
requiring no more than two disk drives. I'd like to hear about:
CONQUEST
REQUEST
or any others you have heard about. I'd like prices, if you have them,
but I'm most concerned about how reliable they are, performance, gripes
you have if you've used them, etc. Any suggestions are welcome;
I'm developing a very small, simple database, but want to save myself
some time. I also want my customer to be able to modify it or to
add applications of his/her own. Speed and space considerations are not
yet important, but may become that way in the future (don't they
always?).
Please respond by e-mail or to net.micro.appl as soon as you can. Thanks.
Marion Hakanson
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