FYI, there never was an Ashton. Tate was a salesman, originally packaging work done by Wayne Ratliff.


>The thing is, though, I am sure that these VFP TRIAD -guys have probably been working themselves to the bone, trying to replicate what Ashton, Tate, Dr. Dave, Ken Levy and a large number of other really smart guys and gals spent a few decades perfecting. However, these in themselves laudable efforts are not unlike trying to re-engineer a DC-3 into a Concorde. In your garage... (Don't get me wrong -- both planes were marvelous engineering feats of their time.)