Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!mips!bridge2!jarthur!uunet!cimshop!davidm From: cimshop!davidm@uunet.UU.NET (David S. Masterson) Newsgroups: comp.databases Subject: Re: Superbase 4 Windows Message-ID: Date: 10 May 91 00:44:13 GMT References: <1877@srhqla.SR.COM> Sender: davidm@cimshop.UUCP Distribution: comp Organization: Consilium Inc., Mountain View, California Lines: 35 In-reply-to: ncs@srhqla.SR.COM's message of 8 May 91 21:28:33 GMT >>>>> On 8 May 91 21:28:33 GMT, ncs@srhqla.SR.COM (Sekar) said: NS> We obtained a demo version for Superbase-4-Windows from Precison Inc. (a NS> U.K. based company with offices in Irving,TX). Supposedly dBaseIV NS> compatible(?) but works with Microsoft Windows. Demo looks impressive. NS> Does anyone have any info/opinion/comments on this product? Superbase is also available for the Amiga and that is the form I use it in. My copy of Superbase4 for the Amiga should be coming in rather soon (I'm upgrading from Superbase Pro 3 which was an upgrade from Superbase). As you can see, there are different levels to the Superbase product depending on what you need. Superbase, for instance, is the low-end version that is meant for simple user querying of data whereas Superbase 4 is the high-end version that also includes a forms package, report writer, database language, etc. Each version is a rather impressive system in a low-cost wrapper. Dbase compatibility (as well as Lotus, etc.) should be Superbase4, but since I use it on an Amiga, I really can't comment (its probably just compatible files). It may even have SQL compatibility (I think that's what they said about the Windows version). The only thing I've found that's difficult about it is that it has a very different "look and feel" from the Unix database systems I know, but that's just a difference in what I'm used to. The other problem that Precision has had trouble with is hot and cold support of the product. It was ashame since it was such a powerful product. This may have been more towards their Amiga version and I believe that they are trying to change this. -- ==================================================================== David Masterson Consilium, Inc. (415) 691-6311 640 Clyde Ct. uunet!cimshop!davidm Mtn. View, CA 94043 ==================================================================== "If someone thinks they know what I said, then I didn't say it!"