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A freeware and later open source [[DOS]] relational database system that is mostly [[xBase]] compatible and while it cannot generate executables, a runtime is available. Infamous for being a [[Clipper]] hack, i.e. it is not written in a low level language but rather created with the xBase semi-compiler Clipper itself, but done in a clever way so that while it is a command line or menu driven dBase compatible system itself it creates the functions in the Clipper language rather than copying the actual Clipper system and is therefore a legal download. | A freeware and later open source [[DOS]] relational database system that is mostly [[xBase]] compatible and while it cannot generate executables, a runtime is available. Infamous for being a [[Clipper]] hack, i.e. it is not written in a low level language but rather created with the xBase semi-compiler Clipper itself, but done in a clever way so that while it is a command line or menu driven dBase compatible system itself it creates the functions in the Clipper language rather than copying the actual Clipper system and is therefore a legal download. | ||
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==Versions== | ==Versions== | ||
* Last known version: 1997 release. | * Last known version: 1997 release. | ||
: Note that | : Note that nanoBase is delivered in seven packages, a version optimised for 8086/88 processors and a version optimised for 80286 and later, the runtime is also available in two similarly optimised versions, a documentation package and two source source packs, one having mouse support and the other not. | ||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
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* Development has been discontinued, but nanoBase is Open source software released under the [[GPL v2]]. | * Development has been discontinued, but nanoBase is Open source software released under the [[GPL v2]]. | ||
[[Category:xBase | [[Category:xBase]][[Category:Open Source Software]][[Category:Software created with xBase tools]] | ||
Revision as of 13:34, 30 April 2018
A freeware and later open source DOS relational database system that is mostly xBase compatible and while it cannot generate executables, a runtime is available. Infamous for being a Clipper hack, i.e. it is not written in a low level language but rather created with the xBase semi-compiler Clipper itself, but done in a clever way so that while it is a command line or menu driven dBase compatible system itself it creates the functions in the Clipper language rather than copying the actual Clipper system and is therefore a legal download.
Versions
- Last known version: 1997 release.
- Note that nanoBase is delivered in seven packages, a version optimised for 8086/88 processors and a version optimised for 80286 and later, the runtime is also available in two similarly optimised versions, a documentation package and two source source packs, one having mouse support and the other not.
Links
License and availability
- Development has been discontinued, but nanoBase is Open source software released under the GPL v2.