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Name | Price | Rating | Comment | Win 95 | Win 3.1 | From | Tel no | Issue | Page | Additional comments, notes | |
Databases | |||||||||||
Access 95 | £269 | lllllm | Not many new features, high hardware requirements. | Y | N | Microsoft | 0345 002000 | 14 | 160 | recommended. | |
Alpha Five | £345 | llllmm | Builds good looking databases. | Y | Alpha Software | 01752 897100 | 3 | 151 | |||
Alpha Five | £69 | llllmm | Cheap and easy to use but powerful. | Y | N | Alpha Software | 0800 220607 | 22 | 167 | ||
Cardbox for Windows | £375 | lllmmm | Clumsy interface badly lets down a good product. | Y | Business Simulations | 0171 925 0636 | 4 | 169 | |||
Clarion 1.5 | £325 | lllmmm | Quick to use but limited in scope. | Y | Y | TopSpeed | 01582 763200 | 17 | 135 | ||
dBase 5.5 | £349 | llllmm | A meaty database. | Y | Y | Borland | 0800 973139 | 10 | 130 | ||
Filemaker Pro 3 | £199 | llllmm | A little pricey for the intended mass market, but extremely powerful. | Y | N | Claris | 0800 929005 | 19 | 130 | ||
Omnis 7 | £3,995 | lllllm | Anyone with cross platform intentions should take a look. | Y | Blyth Software | 01344 482258 | 1 | 130 | |||
Omnis 7 | £495 | lllmmm | Capable but far too complex development tool. Clunky interface. | Y | Y | Blyth Software | 01344 482258 | 20 | 138 | ||
Paradox 7 | £99 | lllllm | A powerful database, packed with features. | Y | N | Borland | 0800 973139 | 18 | 120 | ||
Superbase 95 | £149 | llllmm | The low price and sensible hardware requirements will appeal to many. | Y | Superbase | 01756 702822 | 5 | 166 | |||
Visual Foxpro 3 | £300 | lllllm | A brilliant upgrade. | Y | Microsoft | 0345 002000 | 6 | 126 | recommended | ||
Data Management | |||||||||||
Caere Pagekeeper 2 | £159 | lllmmm | Comprehensive information manger, but poor file support. | Y | Caere UK | 0171 630 5586 | 8 | 132 |
Last Update: 15/10/96
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