27 Jan
1998
27 Jan
'98
3:47 p.m.
Anyone have an extra dBASE II manual they'd be willing to part with? I've
got dBASE II in ROM on one of my GRiDCASE 3 laptops, and would like to
learn more about it.
-John Higginbotham-
-limbo.netpath.net-
28 Jan
28 Jan
3:32 a.m.
John Higginbotham wrote:
Anyone have an extra dBASE II manual they'd be willing to part with? I've
got dBASE II in ROM on one of my GRiDCASE 3 laptops, and would like to
learn more about it.
If you want to learn dBASE II, the last thing you want is a manual.
The manuals are so bad that that's what started the whole industry
of third-party software guides, many of which you can still find in
stores selling second-hand books. (And I'm not saying this because
of the feud I had with Ashton-Tate back in the early 80s over whose
fault it was when dBase II wouldn't work on a TRS-80 Model II with
Lifeboat Associates CP/M -- it was eventially traced to a poorly
implement system call by Lifeboat, but Ashton-Tate was no help).
--
Ward Griffiths
Dylan: How many years must some people exist,
before they're allowed to be free?
WDG3rd: If they "must" exist until they're "allowed",
they'll never be free.
3:53 a.m.
At 09:32 AM 1/28/98 -0500, you wrote:
If you want to learn dBASE II, the last thing you want
is a manual.
The manuals are so bad that that's what started the whole industry
of third-party software guides, many of which you can still find in
I'm basically looking for a command reference. I haven't used dBASE II
before, but this appears to be command line only, so I'd like something to
go by when I'm "playing" with it to see what it'll do.
- John Higginbotham
- limbo.netpath.net
8:26 a.m.
John,
Ward is right. The dBase manual is huge and not very helpful. Get a third
party book on dBase. I have Using dBase III Plus by Jones printed by
Osborne-McGraw-Hill. It's an excellent book. As old as dBase is you can
probably find a used book in a trift store or a new one at a closeout at a
regular book store.
Joe
At 09:32 AM 1/28/98 -0500, you wrote:
John Higginbotham wrote:
Anyone have an extra dBASE II manual they'd be willing to part with? I've
got dBASE II in ROM on one of my GRiDCASE 3 laptops, and would like to
learn more about it.
If you want to learn dBASE II, the last thing you want is a manual.
The manuals are so bad that that's what started the whole industry
of third-party software guides, many of which you can still find in
stores selling second-hand books. (And I'm not saying this because
of the feud I had with Ashton-Tate back in the early 80s over whose
fault it was when dBase II wouldn't work on a TRS-80 Model II with
Lifeboat Associates CP/M -- it was eventially traced to a poorly
implement system call by Lifeboat, but Ashton-Tate was no help).
--
Ward Griffiths
Dylan: How many years must some people exist,
before they're allowed to be free?
WDG3rd: If they "must" exist until they're "allowed",
they'll never be free.
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