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From: rnf@shumv1.uucp (Rick Fincher)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Market Research
Message-ID: <1989Dec15.191559.7379@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu>
Date: 15 Dec 89 19:15:59 GMT
References: <0.apple.net@pro-sol> <1989Dec14.220143.18898@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu> <1276@umigw.MIAMI.EDU>
Reply-To: rnf@shumv1.ncsu.edu (Rick Fincher)
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In article <1276@umigw.MIAMI.EDU> bsherman@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (Bob Sherman) writes:
>
>I think a look at DB Master Professional from Stone Edge will show you that
>there is a VERY POWERFUL database available for the Apple II..
>
>It seems to have \everything you have requested..
>

I wasn't requesting anything, merely responding to the original poster's
request for features, particularly in comparison to AWGS.

DB Master is a superb program.  It amazes me that Barney Stone could
cram all of those features into the limited memory he had.

On the other hand, the fact that DB Master could be done on the IIe
suggests that truly awesome things could be done on the IIgs and the
easy interface with DA's etc.  The 16 bit registers and greater speed and
memory could be used for some really great search and sort algorithms.

Maybe Don should contact Barney Stone and collaborate on a IIgs version
of DB Master, if StoneWare isn't already doing one.


Rick Fincher
rnf@shumv1.ncsu.edu