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08-06-2016, 10:56 AM

Clipper ?

Once back in the old days dBase (1980s) was the shizzle and Clipper was a dBase III compatible compiler that would let you write database apps that were standalone.
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08-06-2016, 10:58 AM

No, sorry I'm not that old LOL.

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08-06-2016, 10:59 AM

Way before my time bruh

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08-06-2016, 11:10 AM

I never used it however i heard some wild stories about it from older generations. I think i even used a commercial program based on it if my memory serves me correctly (cashier program)
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08-06-2016, 11:14 AM

Sorry, I was into big toys, on wheels and track, that moved dirt and rocks back then ....
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08-06-2016, 11:24 AM

That was mid to late 1980s.

10 years before that on my first computer you had to switch in a boot loader to load a pirated copy of Microsoft Basic from paper tape or cassette tape. Switching in the boot loader would take 5 to 10 minutes depending on your dexterity and level of tiredness.

8080 8 Bit Processor running at 2 MHz

Originally 1KB of RAM Upgraded to two 32KB S100 Cards totalling 64 Kilobytes of RAM

2 RS-232 Serial Ports

1 Casette Tape Port (Kansas variety)

Eventually upgraded to have 2 x 8" Floppy Disk Drives that could hold 400KB of data each.

Normal use was with a serial terminal that displayed 80 characters x 25 lines of text.
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08-06-2016, 12:36 PM

Originally posted by AdultKing

Clipper ?

Once back in the old days dBase (1980s) was the shizzle and Clipper was a dBase III compatible compiler that would let you write database apps that were standalone.

I did some dBase coding but wrote more in Basic... when Microsoft brought out a COBOL compiler for their PC I moonlighted writing custom systems for small businesses and made great money doing it. I later worked for a small reinsurance company in NYC and set up a network of computers for them that ran a multi-user version of the CP/M operating system. Seems so primitive now.
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08-06-2016, 12:38 PM

I do and fairly well.

I was big fan of dbase III. Incredible app for back then.
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08-06-2016, 12:40 PM

I remember dbiii - Not the compiler though - So I am old but not a total geek☺...
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08-06-2016, 12:43 PM

check this out

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08-06-2016, 12:50 PM

Originally posted by AVN Theo

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dBASE Classic

Cool.

There's some free / open source xBase projects around.

Even an open source Clipper compiler / IDE.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clip...ming_language)
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08-06-2016, 12:54 PM

Originally posted by AdultKing

Clipper ?

Once back in the old days dBase (1980s) was the shizzle and Clipper was a dBase III compatible compiler that would let you write database apps that were standalone.

Well, I'm absolutely old enough. So first half of question answered ;-)

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08-06-2016, 12:56 PM

I ended up working in FoxPro because of Ashton-Tate selling DBase to Borland.

This was back in November '91 I think, right at the time that Ashton-Tate sold Dbase to Borland.

We were workign with the cheap version of DBase, without any compiler, not even sure that it was a licensed copy actually. We had a bunch of DBase code all written up and tested in the IDE and we needed to compile it. So we went out to buy the Dbase professional version with the compiler and all. Only problem was when we went to Ashton-Tate to get it they told us we had to talk to Borland We talked to Borland and they said we had to talk to Ashton-Tate.

On a lark I called the FoxPro folks and they had a complete set of their latest greatest waiting on my desk the next morning. Read a little bit of documentation and I was compiling the Dbase code in FoxPro inside of about an hour.

I never touched DBase again after that..lol. Still use FoxPro in various flavors for different things.

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08-06-2016, 12:58 PM

Originally posted by sarettah

I never touched DBase again after that..lol. Still use FoxPro in various flavors for different things.

I was going to say, why continue playing with old software, then remembered earlier posting a photo of my Altair
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08-06-2016, 01:19 PM

Old but too cool to know what the fuck you're talking about, nerd.

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08-06-2016, 01:45 PM

Originally posted by AdultKing

I was going to say, why continue playing with old software, then remembered earlier posting a photo of my Altair

There is still a lot of legacy FoxPro code out there. I still get calls from people with stuff that was written in FoxBase prior to FoxPro. Since the code still works they still want to run it, ya know?

I really don't give a shit what language I work in as long as I get paid ;p

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08-06-2016, 01:49 PM

I do appreciate your use of the word 'shizzle'!
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08-06-2016, 02:42 PM

sure do remember ... same era as wordperfect and this `:

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08-06-2016, 02:55 PM

I vaguely recall Clipper...although we never used it. My first compiler was Pixie - and the first script I wrote was a basic math calculator, lol.

Late 80s - our first machine was a PC-XT with 640k RAM and a 20mb HD. Monochrome CRT. GWBasic with a custom GUI we designed ourselves. I still remember WordPerfect for DOS, we also had dbIII, lotus1-2-3. All that great stuff on 5.25" dyson floppies.

Later we were first kids on the block with a 4-color Sperry CRT monitor. Man, what a Cadillac that was, lol. The 1200baud internal Zoltrix modem card was still about a foot long on the motherboard. Every year we upgraded...2400, 9600, 14.4, 28.8, 33.6.
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08-06-2016, 04:18 PM

Originally posted by AVN Theo

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dBASE Classic

Good shit
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08-06-2016, 04:24 PM

Originally posted by directfiesta

sure do remember ... same era as wordperfect and this `:

Nice
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