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From: cy@dbase.A-T.COM (Cy Shuster)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: SoftPC
Message-ID: <1991Apr18.182037.6384@dbase.A-T.COM>
Date: 18 Apr 91 18:20:37 GMT
References: <1991Apr12.152500.9050@cs.dal.ca>
Reply-To: cy@dbase.UUCP (Cy Shuster)
Organization: Ashton-Tate
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In article <1991Apr12.152500.9050@cs.dal.ca> paixao@ug.cs.dal.ca (Nuno M. Paixao) writes:
>What is the minimum system requirements for SoftPC? More specifically, can I
>run it on a 4MB Classic? And if so, how much memory will be available for 
>DOS application once it is loaded? ie. Can I run something large like DBase IV,
>without any problems. I realize it will probably be slow as God knows what,
>but I am mainly concerned at being able to run it.
>
>Also, what kind of price is it selling for?
>
>I will be doing some Dbase programming this summer for work, and 
>I want to be able to bring it home if needed without having to purchase 
>a PC. I want to do it from my Mac.
>
>
>					Thanks ....
>
>					Nuno
>
>-- 
>*----------------------*---------------------------*------------------------*
>|    Nuno M. Paixao    |    paixao@ug.cs.dal.ca    |    dexter@ac.dal.ca    |
>*----------------------*---------------------------*------------------------*
>|       McIntosh Jr ... The Power to Crush the other Kids!!! (SNL)          |

Ashton-Tate has just released dBASE IV RunTime PLUS for the Mac. It's
dBASE IV 1.1, fully compatible with the PC runtime version (except
for SQL), plus a "Toolkit", which gives you a dot prompt (yeah, I know)
and all of the dot prompt commands except ASSIST and CREATE/MODIFY
REPORT and QUERY. But MODI COMM works, and you can compile source to
.DBOs which are fully compatible with dBASE IV 1.1 for MS-DOS... and
dBASE IV 1.1 for Unix, Sun, and VAX/VMS.

Call Customer Service at 213/329-9989 for more details (it's under $200).

--Cy Shuster--
DISCLAIMER: I'm a co-author.
cy@dbase.a-t.com