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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!alpha.sky.net!winternet.com!newsfeed.concentric.net!news.texas.net!news.kei.com!uhog.mit.edu!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!news From: Dale Phillips <sage@ix.netcom.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Pick/jBase/Linux/FreeBSD Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 09:56:47 -0700 Organization: TAB Products Lines: 42 Message-ID: <316D39CF.5F8@ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: mod-ca1-07.ix.netcom.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-NETCOM-Date: Thu Apr 11 12:01:10 PM CDT 1996 X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (WinNT; I) SAY WHAT? Yes I did say pick. If anybody knows of a flavor of Pick that runs on FreeBSD please let me know. This is what do I know. JAC has a ELF Linux version that you can download for the cost of filling out an online survey. (http://www.jac.com/ as I recall) Its called jBase and runs on winnt/95 and just about every flavor of commercial version of Unix out. I have been trying to convince them to port it over at least to BSDi ... *sigh* jBase takes pick basic code and converts it to c/c++ source - all in the background all the while maintaining a pick like environment or "front end" (I use that term Very loosely!) I have 85 gadzillion lines of pick basic spagettii code that will never get untangled - so I at least need to put it in an envirnoment that more open. I can honestly say I havn't tried linux - FreeBSD seems to have a "commerial upgraded route" after proof of concept games are played out - in BSDi. That term "Commercially Supported" doesn't do anything for me but my bosses (whats a web server? and chant "microsoft") use that as one of their MAJOR selection factors. I have been very happy about the stability and rock solid performance with my FreeBSD 2.1. any clues? TIA -- ======================================================== Dale Phillips - dphillip@tabfs.com TAB Products - Field Service Group 301 South Soderquist; Turlock, CA 95380 Phone/fax (209)669-3313/668-2458 ========================================================