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dBase debased: Database titan fades to black after 47 years https://www.theregister.com/databases/2026/05/13/dbase-debased-database-titan-fades-to-black-after-47-years/5238841

#dbase #retro #retrocomputing

Given that I didn't use earlier IBM PCs for business, I never quite got into the "lost" tech of that area, dBase. I tinkered around a bit with Visual Fox Pro, but coming mainly from a programming/UI building perspective, checking to see what one could learn there (it was quite good, if I remember correctly).

But no real experience with the non-relational database queries and scripts of that time. Is it worth getting into, just to widen one's horizon? (Probably via DOSEMU and dbase III or IV)

#dbase #clipper #retrocomputing

I am still actively using the original programme that I wrote in 1985 to manage my comic collection. It is written in dBASE III+ syntax and compiled with Clipper on a state-of-the art Commodore PC20 with Intel 8088 (4,77 MHz, 16-Bit-architecture) CPU, 256 kB RAM, and 10 MB hard drive (fancy stuff, back then). Today, over 40 years later, the user interface may look a tiny bit outdated, but everything still works like a charm.

#comics #wayback #dos #dbase #clipper #nostalgia

🪨 dBASE on the Kaypro II 🛠️

Armed with nothing more than a blinking cursor, I build an inventory system for my failing software retail shop (just play along with me here). I also explore #cpm add-on options for the #apple2 #c128 #colecoadam and others, and whoops! Did I accidentally become a #dbase programmer in the process?

https://stonetools.ghost.io/dbase-cpm/
#retrocomputing

Repórter Retro 104

https://retropolis.com.br/2024/06/26/reporter-retro-104/

#ReprterRetro #Allejo #Amiga #Asianometry #ATAIDE #BancoDeDados #BASIC #Bloodfest #CasualRetroGamer #Centurion #COSMAC #CPM #CRT #Dartmouth #DavesGarage #dBASE #DBASEIII #DiscoRgido #EDS #EngenhariaReversa #Grficos #HappyLittleDiodes #IBM #IEEE #Jogos #KariLawler #LCD #Linux #Livros #MSDOS #MSX #Netware #Novell #OldComputersSucked #PCTools #PhintageCollector #ProteoContraCpia #Python #RetroGamesRediscovered #RetroH

Repórter Retro 104

https://retropolis.com.br/2024/06/26/reporter-retro-104/

#ReprterRetro #Allejo #Amiga #Asianometry #ATAIDE #BancoDeDados #BASIC #Bloodfest #CasualRetroGamer #Centurion #COSMAC #CPM #CRT #Dartmouth #DavesGarage #dBASE #DBASEIII #DiscoRgido #EDS #EngenhariaReversa #Grficos #HappyLittleDiodes #IBM #IEEE #Jogos #KariLawler #LCD #Linux #Livros #MSDOS #MSX #Netware #Novell #OldComputersSucked #PCTools #PhintageCollector #ProteoContraCpia #Python #RetroGamesRediscovered #RetroH

Repórter Retro 104

https://retropolis.com.br/2024/06/26/reporter-retro-104/

#ReprterRetro #Allejo #Amiga #Asianometry #ATAIDE #BancoDeDados #BASIC #Bloodfest #CasualRetroGamer #Centurion #COSMAC #CPM #CRT #Dartmouth #DavesGarage #dBASE #DBASEIII #DiscoRgido #EDS #EngenhariaReversa #Grficos #HappyLittleDiodes #IBM #IEEE #Jogos #KariLawler #LCD #Linux #Livros #MSDOS #MSX #Netware #Novell #OldComputersSucked #PCTools #PhintageCollector #ProteoContraCpia #Python #RetroGamesRediscovered #RetroH

Repórter Retro 104

https://retropolis.com.br/2024/06/26/reporter-retro-104/

#ReprterRetro #Allejo #Amiga #Asianometry #ATAIDE #BancoDeDados #BASIC #Bloodfest #CasualRetroGamer #Centurion #COSMAC #CPM #CRT #Dartmouth #DavesGarage #dBASE #DBASEIII #DiscoRgido #EDS #EngenhariaReversa #Grficos #HappyLittleDiodes #IBM #IEEE #Jogos #KariLawler #LCD #Linux #Livros #MSDOS #MSX #Netware #Novell #OldComputersSucked #PCTools #PhintageCollector #ProteoContraCpia #Python #RetroGamesRediscovered #RetroH

Leitura do dia: Ascensão e Queda da Ashton-Tate

https://retropolis.com.br/2023/06/14/leitura-do-dia-ascensao-e-queda-da-ashton-tate/

#MundoRetro #AbortRetryFail #Anos70 #Ashton-Tate #bancodedados #CP/M #dBASE #dBASEII #dBASEIII #dBASEIV #história #IMSAI8080 #MS-DOS