USED

Vintage (1986) R:Base System V "5000" (v.1/1st Edition) Database Software (Unsealed), by Microrim, Inc. (#RB-3110-IB5)

• Packaging Condition: GOOD - Comes in original plastic molded packaging with manuals and guides (Unsealed, but barely used), w/minor wear (scratches and creases to manuals' surfaces, and some scratches to outer surface of hard plastic sleeve; due to storage) - see pics
• Made in 1986 (Microrim, Inc.)
• Version 1.0 (1st Edition)
• Package Dimensions: 4.5" (W) x 8.625" (D) x 9.5" (H)
• Selling together as complete package
• Package includes: User's Manual (spiral bound), Learning Guide, Building Applications and Command Dictionary Manual, Disk Package (eleven 5.25" floppy discs), Booklets (Command Summary, Multi-User Guide, Single-User Installation and Startup Guide, Read Me booklet, Conversion Guide, Error Messages booklet, Table Characteristics Worksheet, and Customer Support Plan), dark blue hard plastic floppy case, and dark blue hard plastic sleeve
• R:Base System V (5000) explains the commands, terms, and concepts, and includes practical examples and specific advice on using the data base management program. R:Base was a popular relational database that competed with Ashton Tate's dBASE product. R:Base was the first relational database for the IBM PC, also notable as earlier relational databases typically required more powerful hardware. R:Base also includes a form and report generator that is optimized for the capabilities of the IBM PC and features the ability to add or remove fields without losing data or relationships.
• On November 13, 1981, Wayne Erickson and his brother Ron Erickson created a relational database for personal computers and incorporated the company, Microrim, Inc. to sell the database, MicroRIM. (RIM was an acronym for Relational Information Management, a mainframe database developed by the IPAD project team, which included Erikson, at Boeing Computer Services, as part of NASA's IPAD project for which the team and NASA colleagues received a NASA award, was used by NASA to track Space Shuttle heat shield tiles). The earliest version released by Microrim was called R:BASE 4000 and was released in 1983. Privately funded and ultimately venture-backed, the MicroRim database products achieved significant market share in the mid-1980s in what was dubbed by some the "database wars" between R:BASE and the market share leader, Ashton-Tate's dBASE.
• Minor highlighting on certain pages within the "Building Applications and Command Dictionary" booklet
• Your shipment will arrive via USPS Priority Mail (1-4 business days), USPS Ground Advantage (2-5 business days), or UPS Ground (1-5 business days), after the 2-3 day processing time (upon paid purchase)
• Shipment(s) sent out of Lemon Grove, California, USA
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