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- ASHTON-TATE INTRODUCES dBASE III PLUS,
- RAISES dBASE STANDARD
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- Features Include Ease of Use, Built-in Multi-User Capability
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- LAS VEGAS, November 20, 1985 -- Ashton-Tate, developer and
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- marketer of the industry-standard dBASE family of database
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- management software, today introduced dBASE III PLUS, a complete
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- database management system that combines ease of use and power
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- with built-in multi-user, as well as single-user, capability.
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- dBASE III PLUS, introduced today at a news conference
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- at COMDEX/Fall '85, will succeed dBASE III, the industry's best-
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- selling 16-bit microcomputer database management software (DBMS),
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- according to Edward M. Esber Jr., president and chief executive
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- officer of the Torrance, California, company.
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- "With dBASE III PLUS, we are raising the existing database
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- management standard of the microcomputer software industry,"
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- Esber said. "dBASE II and dBASE III set that standard, and have
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- more than 550,000 users worldwide. Our DBMS product family
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- extends from szngle-user packages to multi-user solutions to
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- address the needs of the entire spectrum of database users."
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- dBASE III PLUS 2-2-2
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- dBASE III PLUS provides users with a natural growth path.
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- It opens up day-to-day and sophisticated data management
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- functions to a new generation of dBASE users without requiring
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- them to learn a programming language. dBASE III PLUS also
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- features increased programming capabilities and maintains the dot
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- prompt interface of dBASE II and III.
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- "An important feature of dBASE III is its true multi-user
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- capability -- built into every package -- which permits multiple
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- users to access the same data files at the same time without data
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- corruption," Esber said. "Businesses and organizations that plan
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- to network groups of microcomputer users to share data can now do
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- so with the industry-standard DBMS solution, backed by Ashton-
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- Tate's quality service and support capability."
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- Each copy of dBASE III PLUS may be installed on a local
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- area network (LAN) and support one initial user. All dBASE III
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- programs and files may migrate to the LAN environment and full
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- single-user dBASE III PLUS capabilities are available on the LAN.
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- dBASE III PLUS's multi-user capability includes file and
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- record-locking features that provide true multi-user data access
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- without data corruption, eight levels of password protection, and
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- high-speed encryption and decryption of data.
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- Ashton-Tate offers several options to users who wish to
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- network. Beginning with a copy of dBASE III PLUS, users may add
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- multi-user capability by adding:
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- (1) Multiple copies of dBASE III PLUS, which can be
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- used for both LAN and stand-alone use.
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- (2) dBASE III PLUS LAN Pack, also introduced today by
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- Ashton-Tate, which permits network-only access to dBASE III PLUS.
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- Each LAN Pack, priced at $995, enables three additional users to
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- join the dBASE III PLUS network at a per-user cost of less than
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- $425.
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- (3) A combination of both dBASE III PLUS packages and dBASE
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- III PLUS LAN Packs.
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- dBASE III PLUS is priced at $695 and will be available at
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- Ashton-Tate authorized dealers in January 1986. Registered users
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- of dBASE III, or those with proof of purchase, may upgrade to
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- dBASE III PLUS for $99 during the first 90 days of the product's
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- availability and for $140 thereafter. Those who purchased dBASE
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- III after October 1, 1985, and all purchasers of the dBASE III
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- Developer's Release, are entitled to a free upgrade.
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- Unregistered users may call a toll-free number [1-800-437-4329]
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- for upgrade information. Registered corporate dBASE III users
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- are eligible for bulk purchase discounts on volume upgrades.
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- FEATURES OF dBASE III PLUS
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- In developing dBASE III PLUS, Ashton-Tate listened to the
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- advice of dBASE II and III users, dealers, its Corporate Advisory
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- Board, and VAR (value-added remarketer) Council.
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- For beginning users, dBASE III PLUS combines Framework-style
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- pull-down menus with increased functionality that does not
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- require programming knowledge.
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- The menu-driven interface, called The Assistant, enables
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- users to accomplish day-to-day data management tasks without
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- programming. The Assistant displays both menu options and key
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- navigation messages to guide users. dBASE III PLUS also has on-
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- disk and written tutorials, and documentation that addresses all
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- levels of user sophistication.
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- Both interfaces, The Assistant and the dot prompt, allow
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- access to three features that provide multiple file capability
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- without programming: the Advanced Query System, which easily
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- creates queries; View, which provides relational capability,
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- combining multiple databases for data management, report writing,
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- and other tasks; and the Screen Painter, which creates custom
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- screens.
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- The Applications Generator. which helps create custom
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- applications without programming, is also readily accessible to
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- all users.
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- For experienced users, dBASE III PLUS maintains the dot
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- prompt interface while adding more than 50 enhancements to the
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- dBASE programming language through the incorporation of the dBASE
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- III Developer's Release, including Runtime+. Those enhanced
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- features include improved de-bugging aids, assembly language
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- calls, environment testing, and others. In addition, dBASE III
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- PLUS includes a data catalog for improved organization of files.
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- dBASE III PLUS has improved speed and performance, while
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- maintaining dBASE III's capacity of one billion records per file
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- and minimum stand-alone memory requirement of 256K bytes of
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- random access memory (RAM). dBASE III PLUS sorts up to two times
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- faster and indexes up to 10 times faster than dBASE III.
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- In its stand-alone mode, dBASE III PLUS runs on the IBM PC,
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- PC XT, PC AT, or 100 percent compatible computers. In addition to
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- 256K bytes of RAM, it requires a dual, 5 1/4-inch 360K-byte
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- floppy disk drive, or one fixed disk drive and one 360K-byte
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- floppy disk drive, a monochrome monitor and PC-DOS 2.0 or higher.
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- dBASE III PLUS supports color monitors and any printer with 80 or
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- more columns, including laser printers.
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- In its network mode, dBASE III PLUS also runs on the IBM PC,
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- PC XT, PC AT, or 100 percent compatible computers and supports
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- monochrome or color monitors and printers with 80 or more
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- columns. Server-workstations require a minimum of 640K bytes of
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- RAM and one fixed disk drive with one 5 1/4-inch 360K-byte floppy
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- disk drive. Workstations require 384K RAM and one 360K-byte
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- floppy disk drive.
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- dBASE III PLUS operates on the IBM PC Network under PC-DOS
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- 3.1/PC Network Program, 3COM's 3Plus, or Novell's Advanced
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- NetWare Version 1.01 or higher. Other local area networks that
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- use a 100 percent PC-DOS 3.1 compatible operating system may also
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- support dBASE III PLUS and dBASE III PLUS LAN Pack.
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- Ashton-Tate also introduced today the dBASE cTOOLS Series
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- for dBASE III PLUS, two add-in packages designed to help
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- programmers develop applications using the company's new
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- database management system. Developed through the company's
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- Publishing Group, these packages -- The Programmer's Library and
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- The Graphics Library -- allow users to add functions, commands
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- and programs written in the C language to dBASE III PLUS
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- applications.
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- In addition, the Ashton-Tate Publishing Group has announced
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- the revision of several of its publications to support users of
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- dBASE III PLUS. The new publications include
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- Evervman's Database Primer for dBASE III PLUS. which is available
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- immediately, and dBASE III PLUS Trail Guide and
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- dBASE III PLUS for Everv Business. which will be released in
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- February 1986.
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- One of the fastest growing companies in the personal
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- computer industry, Ashton-Tate had revenues of $51.5 million and
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- net income of $5.8 million for the first six months of fiscal
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- 1986, ended July 31, 1985, a substantial increase from the same
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- period of the previous year.
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