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A database program originally introduced in 1982 for [[DOS]] that was marketed as an easy-to-use relational database.
A database program originally introduced in 1982 for [[DOS]], initially a flat-file database that was marketed as an easy-to-use budget alternative to relational systems, but with the advent of the relational Alpha Four in 1986 the marketing started leaning towards describing the system as an easy-to-use menu-driven alternative to difficult to learn programmable relational databases The company continued to sell Alpha Four alongside the flat-file Alpha three for some time after the introduction of Alpha Four.


===Alpha Four===
==Products==
[[Image:Alpha-four.gif|250px|right]]
*Database Manager I (1982)
By the time Alpha Four hit the ground in 1986 the application had been rewritten from the scratch and was being marketed as a [[dBase]] clone that could be used "without programming", which was another way of saying that the application used industry standard .dbf database and index files but was in no other way [[xBase]] compatible. Over time the company stopped using "Alpha 4" as a version number and started using it as a brand name.
*Database Manager II
*Alpha/three (1986) - was only released in version 1.0 with no known bug fixes.
*[[Alpha Four]]
*[[Alpha Five]]


====Versions====
Vendor: [[Alpha Software Corporation]]
* Last known version: Aplha Four for DOS V.8


===Alpha Five===
[[Category:DOS Databases]]
Introduced in late 1994/early 1995 as a [[MS Windows]]/WinOS/2 application, this was initially a cut down version of the '''Alpha Four''' system that was sold alongside it and almost like an add-on that had a RRP of US$ 129 while the full A4 system had an RRP of US$ 499, But over time grew into a fully programmable relational database system that eventually replaced Alpha Four.
 
==Authors & publishers==
* Alpha Software
 
[[Category: Databases]][[Category: DOS Tools]][[Category: MS Windows Tools]]

Latest revision as of 14:53, 22 October 2022

A database program originally introduced in 1982 for DOS, initially a flat-file database that was marketed as an easy-to-use budget alternative to relational systems, but with the advent of the relational Alpha Four in 1986 the marketing started leaning towards describing the system as an easy-to-use menu-driven alternative to difficult to learn programmable relational databases The company continued to sell Alpha Four alongside the flat-file Alpha three for some time after the introduction of Alpha Four.

Products

  • Database Manager I (1982)
  • Database Manager II
  • Alpha/three (1986) - was only released in version 1.0 with no known bug fixes.
  • Alpha Four
  • Alpha Five

Vendor: Alpha Software Corporation

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