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From: bobd@bloom.UUCP (Bob Donaldson)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: $199 Oracle Special PC version.
Summary: SLOW, but OK functionally
Message-ID: <338@bloom.UUCP>
Date: 19 May 88 15:53:44 GMT
References: <296@intek01.UUCP>
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Posted: Thu May 19 10:53:44 1988

In article <296@intek01.UUCP>, mark@intek01.UUCP (Mark McWiggins) asks
for feedback on the $199 Oracle PC special.

We have it and have used it some.  It requires AT LEAST 1MEG of extra
memory configured in the ?extended/expanded? (I never can remember which
is which, but it is NOT the Lotus/Microsoft standard) mode.  It seems to
run very slowly on anything other than a tiny database, but that is also
a complaint from many other PC databases when you get into multiple
megabytes.

One note of caution, the fine print in the ad (backed up by a very obvious
on screen display at runtime) reminds you that it is a DEVELOPMENT LICENSE
ONLY - if you use the thing to actually store real data, you have to fork
over for the full license (@ $1200 if memory serves).

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Radian Corporation
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