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From: korn@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU (Peter "Arrgh" Korn)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac,net.database
Subject: Re: Wanted ... Database program for a Mac.
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Date: Sun, 5-Jan-86 03:59:58 EST
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In article <163@cybavax.UUCP> laurie@cybavax.UUCP (Laurie Moseley) writes:
>I am looking for a cheap (or preferably free !) database program for a
>512K Mac. If you have had experience of any I would be glad to hear about
>it/them. If not, any pointers - addresses, articles, etc. - would be welcome.
>
>I currently use Dbase III on a PC and something of that order would be more 
>than adequate for my needs.
>

Unfortunately, I've found no good database for the mac.  I'm an R:base 5000
user (like Dbase III, but better :-), and I'm very frustrated that I cannot
find anything anywhere near as powerful as it on the mac.

The only two options I've found in a relational database are MacLion and
Odesta Helix (I've not been able to get my hands on Omnis 3).  MacLion is
to be avoided like the plague, unless you are a) a fourth fanatic, and
b) very patient and absolutely >>love using the mouse<<.  Odesta Helix
wouldn't be too bad, except that 1.0 takes forever loading, storing, sorting,
displaying, changing, and everything else you would get a database for.
Version 2.0 is faster I'm told, but even so, I hate the format that the
database is presented in.

A sales rep came into our store a few months ago with a database he said
would be out "end of December" that actually looked pretty good.  Of course,
the name is at work, and I'm at home...


Anyone have a database that they feel can stand up to R:base 5000, Dbase III,
or even R:base 4000 or Dbase II for their mac???

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