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Re: dBase III with PC DOS 3.1

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From: michael regoli
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1986 20:51
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Jeff Roberts<...!hcr!jeff> writes:
> I have heard that dBase III will not run properly under DOS 3.1.
> Does anyone know if this is true?  If so, what problems exist?
> 
> Please post any information about this.

well, i've heard of a dBASEIII error message "files not accessible" means
more than 112 files are on the disk.  in order to get around this message,
one would obviously have to delete some files or set up subdirectories.

this is probably one of many dbIII qwirks that you'll only learn by doing.

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Subject: Re: dBase III with PC DOS 3.1
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