Jen
Just noticed this line-
>also a great help in speeding things up (back in the days of 7MHz) to have the

7MHz? Why you overclocking hot rodder don't you know that the max safe speed of the 8086 is 4.77MHz?

>My favorite was the following in DBASE II v2.2B
>
>.HELP
>.Syntax Error. Would you like some help (Y/N)?
>.Y
>.Syntax Error. Would you like some help (Y/N)?
>.

Yes, that was my only experience with dBASE II, I refused to look at it again until dBASE III (did all my databasing in LOTUS 123:)

Donny