Alpha Database

A database program originally introduced in 1982 for DOS that was marketed as an easy-to-use relational database.

Alpha Four

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.

Versions

• Last known version: Aplha Four for DOS V.8
• Alpha Four v7 released in 2001
• Alpha Four v2 released in late 1991 - RRP US$ 549 - First version to offer multi-user/networking capability at an extra cost.
• Alpha Four v1.1b released in 1989
• Alpha Four v1b released in 1986

Alpha Five

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