Comprehensive list of DataBASIC flavors

#11

Hello Dawn.

I joined Disys Associates Ltd in summer 1999. At the time Disys owned
and supplied premiere builder's merchant software in the UK. Disys was
sold to EDP Plc around June 2000. EDP Plc is a British company with it's
headquarters in Sheffield:

http://www.edp.co.uk/

It seems that the language support by UniVision is "UniVision BASIC". In
addition to the well known features of multi-value BASIC UniVision BASIC
support some interesting features including READPREVIOUS and Functions.

http://www.edp.co.uk/solutions/sol_univision.html

UniVision is distributed and supported within the USA by VIA Systems Inc.

http://www.via.com/

Something that may be of interest to fellow "Pickies" is myViewpoint.
This is a GUI business intelligence tool specifically designed for
multi-value databases. I have two substantial "Pick" applications of my
own; a multi-user accounts package and a local government job costing
application. I know from experience that users will wrongly dismiss a
multi-value application just because it does not have a GUI. As a really
cool GUI intelligence/reporting tool myViewpoint can restore the
competitive edge to an otherwise green screen application. It could also
revitalise value-added revenue for vars supplying intelligence reports
to their myViewpoint customers.

http://www.edp.co.uk/solutions/sol_myviewpoint.html

John

dawn wrote:

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Thanks, John. My previous contact with UniVision was Bob C who is now
at Revelation, so I'm pleased to know someone else there.

For starters -- what does UniVision call their flavor of DataBASIC?

#12

"Godric" wrote:

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I find it interesting that Revelation call their version of 'Pick'
Basic BASIC+ ( Basic Plus ) because that was the name that DEC used for
their version of Basic under RSTS/E and VAX/VMS - and I was a Basic+
programmer long before I was involved in the MV world. That does make
me begin to feel a bit ancient - but we still used card sorters and
card punches when I started !

Wow, RSTS, that brings back fond memories. I often wonder how
different life would have been if I had stayed on that path...

And a card sorter? Ha! We never had such luxuries.
T

#13

Small world Tony.

I started off on RSTS/E and Basic Pluse on PDP 1170s in 1978.

Eugene

"Tony Gravagno" <g6q3x9lu53001 (AT) sneakemail (DOT) com.invalid> wrote

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"Godric" wrote:
I find it interesting that Revelation call their version of 'Pick'
Basic BASIC+ ( Basic Plus ) because that was the name that DEC used for
their version of Basic under RSTS/E and VAX/VMS - and I was a Basic+
programmer long before I was involved in the MV world. That does make
me begin to feel a bit ancient - but we still used card sorters and
card punches when I started !

Wow, RSTS, that brings back fond memories. I often wonder how
different life would have been if I had stayed on that path...

And a card sorter? Ha! We never had such luxuries.
T

#14

Just to make you fellows feel a little younger....
My start was with IBM UNIT RECORD (plugboards!) in 1961. Remember:
026 and 029 Keypunch, 604 Calculator, 602 and 604 Card Sorters, 409
Printer, etc.
Then on to SPS-Autocoder on IBM 1401, then the 360 Mod/20 with RPG and
that famous MFCM (MultiFunction Card Machine) known unaffectionally as
the MotherF....Card Mutilator. Ahhh, those were the days!

Dave Weaver, Weaver Consulting

EPPICK77 wrote:

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Small world Tony.

I started off on RSTS/E and Basic Pluse on PDP 1170s in 1978.

Eugene

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"Godric" wrote:
I find it interesting that Revelation call their version of 'Pick'
Basic BASIC+ ( Basic Plus ) because that was the name that DEC used for
their version of Basic under RSTS/E and VAX/VMS - and I was a Basic+
programmer long before I was involved in the MV world. That does make
me begin to feel a bit ancient - but we still used card sorters and
card punches when I started !

Wow, RSTS, that brings back fond memories. I often wonder how
different life would have been if I had stayed on that path...

And a card sorter? Ha! We never had such luxuries.
T

#15

Dave,

I hava an abacus that I'm having overflow problems with .... perhaps
you can help?

#16

Ross Ferris wrote:

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Dave,

I hava an abacus that I'm having overflow problems with .... perhaps
you can help?

Ross,

Maybe, but only if it has only 8K memory and can handle 5081 cards!

Once saw an abacus made out of small wooden apples ---
An APPLE COMPUTER!

Dave Weaver

#17

I think Acorn did something similar !

#18

Hi Dawn.

If you visit my website and take a look at the article entitled:

* Dialects of Basic

http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/mbpublish/d.html#d213

you'll see a list of some of the names for the MultiValue programming
language which I have referred to.

.... and before you ask, at

* Dialects of Access

http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/mbpublish/d.html#d212

there's a list of names for the query language.

If you want to correct, add, elaborate any entries at my website, or
make any suggestions for information that you would like to see there,
please email me directly

Regards

Malcolm Bull

#19

MBTraining (AT) aol (DOT) com wrote:

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Hi Dawn.

If you visit my website and take a look at the article entitled:

* Dialects of Basic

http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/mbpublish/d.html#d213

you'll see a list of some of the names for the MultiValue programming
language which I have referred to.

Great! I'll compare that with the list I have. I think I might have a
couple not on your list that you might want to add, although I don't
think there are production users yet:

MultiValue Basic from Intersystems (Cache')
MaVerick BASIC

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... and before you ask, at

* Dialects of Access

http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/mbpublish/d.html#d212

there's a list of names for the query language.

The list from my poster is
GIRLS
ACCESS (you have Access)
AQL[TM] (you do not have the TM)
Info/Access
Vision
queryON (you do not have this one)
RECALL (you have Recall)
jQL (you have JQL)
ENGLISH (you have English)
FRENCH (you do not have this one)
UniQuery
retrieVe (you do not have this one)
R/LIST
INFORM (you have Inform)

I do not have QMQuery and I have not added in Cache' or Maverick. With
this list, I was careful about upper and lower case and trademarks, so
if anyone sees errors in that, let me know. Marketing professionals in
the past were not always as case-sensitive as they are today. So, some
of these were written either way. I tried to identify the "official"
way of writing each one, but please correct any I have wrong.

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If you want to correct, add, elaborate any entries at my website, or
make any suggestions for information that you would like to see there,
please email me directly

Oops. Since I want an accurate and complete list too, I'll leave them
here for others to fix up. I'll pass along anything I find so our
lists can be the same to the extent that we agree.

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Regards

Malcolm Bull