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From: wes@obie.UUCP (Barnacle Wes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: DBs for ST
Message-ID: <79@obie.UUCP>
Date: 1 Mar 88 15:30:06 GMT
References: <16@erc3bc.UUCP>
Organization: UinTech, Layton, UT
Lines: 43
Keywords: Database, PC-DITTO
Summary: SQL on the ST?  Sort of.

In article <16@erc3bc.UUCP>, wsl@erc3bc.UUCP writes:
> (2) Is there now (or will be in the near future) a SQL based database
>     available for the ST?

Well, Atari announced a while ago that they would be selling one of
the BIG Unix-type SQL databases for the ST *running Idris*.  Idris, if
you haven't heard of it, is a "Unix-clone" o.s.  I think the database
was either Ingres or Oracle, both of which are well-regarded products
in the Unix minicomputer world.

> (3) Is pc-ditto a worthwhile product?

Yes, but it does have some limitations.  The current version only runs
with the color monitor.  They have announced a new version that will
support monochrome; it may already be out.  PC-Ditto does a very good
job of mimicking the IBM PC on the ST, but it is fairly slow at a lot
of operations.

> (4) Would it be practical to run an MS-DOS DB package on the ST using
>     pc-ditto?

If you will be using the database heavily, you'd be better off either
finding one for the ST, or buying a cheap IBM clone.  Besides, the only
SQL database for MS-DOS I know of (Oracle) require a 286 machine with
lots of extended (protected-mode) memory.  Maybe a cheap AT-clone?

> I hope someone will post a response. Any and all are much appreciated.
> (I also want to make sure my postings are getting out to the net).

They are, at least as far as Ewe-taw (the ass end of the universe).

> 				Thanks in advance,
> 
> 					Warren S. Lobel
> 					erc3bb!wsl
> 					(Hopewell, NJ)

Your welcome in arrears,
	Wes Peters
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