Re: Mildly OT: dBASE IV
From: Frank Hamersley <terabitemightbe_at_bigpond.com>
Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 21:44:11 GMT
Message-ID: <L03fg.593$ap3.413_at_news-server.bigpond.net.au>
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> That's nothing. One of my former colleague ported some application+data from
> mainframe to PC. :-)
Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 21:44:11 GMT
Message-ID: <L03fg.593$ap3.413_at_news-server.bigpond.net.au>
x wrote:
> "Frank Hamersley" <terabitemightbe_at_bigpond.com> wrote in message
> news:SMWeg.467$ap3.461_at_news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>> x wrote:
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>>> Heh. I once ran a copy of FoxPro for Dos in a Dos Compatibility mode on >>> Linux :-)
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>> Thats desperation for you! Cheers Frank.
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> That's nothing. One of my former colleague ported some application+data from
> mainframe to PC. :-)
One of my early jobs was to port Visicalc to a mainframe (CDC Cyber)!
The IT manager had seen it demo'ed on a US trip and thought it might be
useful. When I left 3 years later it was being heavily used throughout
the various mine sites we operated.
Fortunately I was not there to migrate all the sheets to PC's.
Cheers Frank. Received on Tue May 30 2006 - 23:44:11 CEST