sjl@ecs.OZ (Stephen Lamb) (05/14/86)
I have been given the go ahead to release the following info.
There is a new database system soon to be released on many (yes, many)
machines. It is written using very simple file access requirements
at the DOS level, so that it can be ported to virtually any machine
that can compile and run C.
It consists of an English like applications language, that is
truly self documenting, and is very neatly structured. A finished
turnkey application will run on a machine with 128K of memory or more,
which by today's standard, is hardly any memory at all!
The driver module (the guts of it) is approximately 110K long
and performs all the required run time functions. The application
programmes are actually compiled, so the average size of an
application would be about 4K (for a very sophisticated one).
This means that a site running accounting, client records etc.
can jump around the system in seconds. I've seen it and it is FAST!
The code will be released as both a runtime database (you get
all you need to write, compile and run applications), and as source
code, where a license will apply, and will not cost the Earth.
I suspect that other similar (but inferior) products will have
to pick up their socks a bit once the release happens. It is
currently in alpha testing, and should be ready (bullet proof -
almost !) for release in the next few months, although it is running
now.
For any further inquiries about it, contact me and I will
forward the queries on.
Stephen Lamb
sjl@ecs.ozsjl@ecs.OZ (Stephen Lamb) (05/20/86)
Not so long ago I posted an article about a 4GL Database that is soon
to be released. I have had so many replies that the best way to fix
this is for the really interested people to post a request in the mail
for info, and they "WILL" get a reply. Since I don't have a lot of time
to sit at a terminal, this seems to be the best solution. Thanks to
those who replied.
Please send further queries to -:
John D. Gyffyn
758 Toorak Rd.
Hawthorn, VIC
Australia.
There is approximately 20 pages of info in the overview, so it would
be silly for me to sit here and type it all in.