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The revolution, the need for which everyone spoke, has been accomplished.
las . Ashton-Tate's dBASE II package is now available for sale.
It's hard to say why this didn't happen much sooner
most likely it was a BIG BULL for everyone. And really tinker
there was something. If you haven't guessed what's going on yet, let me give you a hint:
dBASE II is a product for English speakers. Basically,
one Russian version called REBUS roamed around the union
(probably so no one would guess). Everything would be fine, yes
What a problem: he chats in not quite Russian Russian
and at KOI-7. What a joy it is to have large and small letters
both languages, if you can only use half of the set.
By the way, REBUS served as the basis for this version, although
I wouldn't say what to translate from non-Russian Russian to
Russian Russian is easier,than from English. The whole problem is
that in this bulk (and dBASE takes up more than 100 kB)
find all the texts and replace them with the appropriate ones.
If you think this is trivial, come to me, I
I’ll give you a version of REBUS, try to do the same yourself. But
I warn you: if you do this with POWER or something -
or similar, you are guaranteed a job for the rest of your life
(I’m not saying anything about the fact that this very end means
will come close). In fact, I'm looking for an abra-
kadabra in a pile of garbage took more than two days, and that’s thanks to
special tools, assembled ahead of time. By the way, I'm sitting
somehow I'm looking for pearls in a pile of manure. comes to see me
one acquaintance. He looks at my suffering for about five minutes, then
which leads to the question: “What are you translating from Polish?”
However, it is not a fact that all the needles are from this haystack
pulled out, so if in the middle of work it comes out on the screen
something like "o[ibka ^teniq komandnogo fajla", immediately
slowly grab your hands into your feet... no, your feet into your hands and... No,
better wait until next Thursday: talk about this
topic with anyone other than me - wasting time, both yours and
even worse, the one you're talking to. If you can't
come, anyone can call (our tlf. 300-15-51,
I don't know our fax. Ask KiiA). If you still
come, errorwill be corrected right before your eyes
(no, no, don't be afraid, no one can do anything with your eyes
it won't happen, I'm just scaring you).
For fans, a little history. The dBASE II package was created
Wayne Ratliff, a NASA engineer in his spare time
time and was then called "Vulcan", which, however, is a big
did not bring him success. In 1980 he met with a couple
adventurers, George Tate (second half of Ashton-Tate.
Who is Ashton, history is silent) and Hal Lashley. Those
felt that they could warm their hands with this and quickly warm up
wrote a contract with Wayne. Due to the adventurism of these scoundrels
it was decided to call the system dBASE II, they say, this is new,
an improved version of the dBASE system (we are with you
we understand that there was no other dBASE). Here they are
what, these sharks of imperialism. In their defense I can
note that the author did not lose out: all three quickly
Renko (already in 1981) joined the army of the disadvantaged
American millionaires. Just like some kind of Cinderella. Interesting,
whether Ratliff remained a simple American engineer. Personally I
I highly doubt it. In general, the theme of adventurism
on the basis of programming deserves a separate discussion.
Eh, we wish we had such capitalism...
The package is supplied on a separate floppy disk, as follows:
assortment:
DBASE.COM dBASE II itself as it isDBASEOVR.COM its overlay parts
DBASEMSG.TXT HELP file. Can be used separately
or as a side dish to dBASE, using
HELP commands.
EV.CMD,.DBF,.FMT Example of an application system written in
dBASE language. Can be very useful and
by myself.
*.CMD,.FMT,.DBF Fragments of different systems. On our own
cannot be used, serve
more like educational material
*.* Everything you need to make a floppy disk
system: all sorts of drivers...
If you read in HELP that there are some other
components of the system, pretend that you are not
noticed. The presence of these parts is the operating quality of the system
does not reduce, absence - even more so, so it does not particularly change
live.
A little about the EV program. This is a diary, starting
he either
A>DBASE EV
or
A>DBASE
enter date (dd/mm/yy): 03/25/92
.DO EV
Both methods are practically equivalent. Point - invitation
From the dBASE side, enter the command. By the way, very instructive
see text EV.CMD. Pay attention to the lines
?? CHR(27)+'VB'
?? CHR(27)+'VA'
which turn inversion on and off during output.
During my work at KRAMIS I was asked several timesThe question is which is better, dBASE or SuperCalc. I answer: better
they would ask which is better, TurboC or Venture. If you don't
you know what Venture is, let me put it another way: what
better, candy or a bright future. I will now explain in
Russian: dBASE is a DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (DBMS),
programming language, YOU CAN DO EVERYTHING in it if you know how
do it. If you wish, you can even write SuperCalc,
True, it will be ten times larger and will work once every
ten slower. SuperCalc - spreadsheets, specifically
a software product that can only do ONE thing,
BUT VERY GOOD. In addition, when working with it, you can’t even
be able to program, which often happens.
A little about where you can read about dBASE. In prin-
Basically, any book on any version of dBASE or Clopper will give
give you some idea of what and how. Which ones exactly?
operators can be used, you can find out in HELP. Specifically
dBASE II (more precisely, REBUS) is described in the book by N.V. Makarov & Co.
"We work on a personal computer Robotron 1715." And
Overall, a very useful book.
BUY THE dBASE II SYSTEM - I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT.
= K i i A =
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