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PBASE

Version 1 · 4B Associates

Database
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Description

The HP Palmtop Paper PBASE is an early version (1985) of a relational database program with some SQL characteristics. Shareware($35) from 4B Associates

Technical details

File
pbase.zip
Size
81.8 KB
Format
.zip
Year
1986
Added to S.U.P.E.R.
1999-01-26
Files inside
11
Author
4B Associates
Path
anonftp/pub/pbase.zip

How to install it

What to send to the palmtop saves 73.6 KB

These are the files you need. You can send them from the package contents below.

  • PB.EXE → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 151.2 KB

No need to put EDITFORM.PRG, EXPENSE.PRG, FILES464.TXT, INVENTRY.PRG, MAILLIST.PRG, PBASE1.REF, README, REALTY.PRG and 2 more: they are manuals, source code or supporting material. Read them here and save 73.6 KB on a 1 MB disk.

Steps
  1. Copy PB.EXE to A:\SOFT. They are DOS programs: run them from the DOS icon, or add A:\SOFT to the PATH in C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT to call them by name.

Derived from the package contents and the 200LX conventions. It installs to A: on purpose: C: is a RAM disk and every byte there is memory taken from the system.

Send to my palmtop

The palmtop must be waiting before you press the button, or the transfer will fail. It is the palmtop that announces it is ready, not the other way round.

First time? How to connect the palmtop, step by step →

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