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From: pelakh@babcock.cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu (Boris Pelakh)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: dBASE IV Problem - .DBT files
Message-ID: <171@cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu.edu>
Date: 12 Jul 89 18:31:30 GMT
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From article <150@dbase.UUCP>, by awd@dbase.UUCP (Alastair Dallas):
> 
> I'm sorry I can't offer much help as to your DBT file problems.  Since the
> DBF and DBT are separate files linked by pointers, system errors which
> corrupt the pointers are naturally going to cause "a big mess."  From
> your comments the exact nature of the fault was not clear, but it sounds
> like you are able to recover your data.
>

The problem turned out to be not dBASE - we did a chkdsk and found some
trouble sectors ... Once that was corrected everything went smooth

> We have used HiCards here at A-T with some success--at least, I don't 
> remember any serious problems--but that was with Compaq 386s and ATs,
> not PS/2s.  I think several people here use 386-to-the-Max.
> 

I talked to the people at Rybs Electronics (mfg's of HiCard) and we were
told that they do not work on micro-channel machines. We cannot use 386 Max
on our System 50's and System 30/286's. We were recommended to use a piece
of software called Above Disc that (hopefully) allows use of extended memory
on Micro-Channel machines. Any experience with it ?

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