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Re: RDBMS for DOS and Windows

• Posted by "Lucius L. Hilley III" <lhilley at CDC.NET> Feb 24, 2000
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> Sender:       Euphoria Programming for MS-DOS
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> Poster:       Bernie Ryan <LockCityData at CS.COM>
> Subject:      Re: RDBMS for DOS and Windows
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>   Brian:
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>   Why couldn't he run windows on a workstation with a window's
>   Novel network client. This would keep other Novell stuff working.
>   Then that workstation could access the SQL database or be used as
>   a SQL server to the dos workstation, If this worked he could eventually
>   move more all the workstations to windows.
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>  Bernie
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    486... 386... Blah...  Not a big deal as far as whether windows will
run or not.. But.. The memory constraints of 4-8Mb is a big issue here.
Win95 requires  8Mb of RAM in order to install.
Win98 requires 16Mb of RAM in order to install.
I have a 486 at 50Mhz with 8Mb with Win95 installed.  I refuse to run it
because there simply isn't enough memory to support windows.  Not to
mention trying to run a single application.

With max systems of 486's with 8Mb of RAM...  He is simply stuck with DOS.
Only other alternatives are as follows:

Win 3.x  with or without Workgroups
Linux

Windows 3.x - Networkable, Runs fine with those memory.  Stuck with trying
to find 16bit software.  Euphoria's Win32 will work to some extent assuming
you also install the Win32s package for Win 3.x.

I can't really speak on behalf of Linux because I simply don't know near
enough about it.  I do know this.... Linux is generally much more secure
and stable.  Linux is generally faster under these memory limitations.

If you ever get a company hooked on a graphical interface..  They won't
want to go back.  The graphical is usually much easier to use and looks
more pleasant.

        Lucius L. Hilley III
        lhilley at cdc.net
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