<s>
R:BASE	B-Application
(	O
or	O
RBASE	B-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
relational	B-Application
database	I-Application
program	O
for	O
the	O
PC	B-Device
created	O
by	O
Wayne	O
Erickson	O
in	O
1981	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
1998	O
,	O
A	O
.	O
Razzak	O
Memon	O
,	O
President	O
&	O
CEO	O
of	O
R:BASE	B-Application
Technologies	I-Application
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
(	O
a	O
privately	O
held	O
company	O
in	O
Murrysville	O
,	O
Pennsylvania	O
)	O
acquired	O
the	O
R:BASE	B-Application
products	O
from	O
Abacus	O
Software	O
Group	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
1998	O
,	O
R:BASE	B-Application
is	O
available	O
as	O
R:BASE	B-Application
for	O
Windows	O
v6.1a	O
,	O
v7.1	O
,	O
v7.5	O
,	O
v7.6	O
,	O
Turbo	O
V-8	O
,	O
v9.1	O
,	O
v9.5	O
(	O
32/64	O
)	O
for	O
Windows	O
,	O
R:Base	B-Application
X	O
,	O
and	O
now	O
R:Base	B-Application
X.5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Created	O
by	O
Wayne	O
Erickson	O
in	O
1981	O
,	O
the	O
original	O
R:Base	B-Application
database	O
was	O
written	O
on	O
a	O
Heathkit	O
CPM	O
computer	O
that	O
Erickson	O
built	O
at	O
home	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
RIM	O
was	O
an	O
acronym	O
for	O
Relational	O
Information	O
Management	O
,	O
a	O
mainframe	B-Architecture
database	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
IPAD	O
project	O
team	O
,	O
which	O
included	O
Erikson	O
,	O
at	O
Boeing	O
Computer	O
Services	O
,	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
NASA	O
's	O
IPAD	O
project	O
for	O
which	O
the	O
team	O
and	O
NASA	O
colleagues	O
received	O
a	O
NASA	O
award	O
,	O
was	O
used	O
by	O
NASA	O
to	O
track	O
Space	O
Shuttle	O
heat	O
shield	O
tiles	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
earliest	O
version	O
released	O
by	O
Microrim	O
was	O
called	O
R:Base	B-Application
4000	O
and	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1983	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
shipped	O
with	O
a	O
binder-type	O
manual	O
and	O
the	O
program	O
on	O
360KB	O
floppy	B-Device
disks	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Privately	O
funded	O
and	O
ultimately	O
venture	O
backed	O
,	O
the	O
MicroRim	O
database	O
products	O
achieved	O
significant	O
market	O
share	O
in	O
the	O
mid-1980s	O
in	O
what	O
was	O
dubbed	O
by	O
some	O
,	O
the	O
"	O
database	O
wars	O
"	O
between	O
R:Base	B-Application
and	O
the	O
market	O
share	O
leader	O
,	O
Ashton-Tate	O
'	O
s	O
dBASE	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MicroRim	O
adhered	O
to	O
the	O
rules	O
of	O
the	O
father	O
of	O
relational	B-Application
database	I-Application
technology	O
,	O
Edgar	O
F	O
.	O
Codd	O
and	O
prided	O
itself	O
on	O
the	O
elegance	O
of	O
its	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
mid-1980s	O
,	O
when	O
Microsoft	O
did	O
not	O
have	O
their	O
own	O
database	O
,	O
they	O
obtained	O
a	O
license	O
to	O
resell	O
R:BASE	B-Application
in	O
Europe	O
so	O
they	O
could	O
have	O
a	O
full	O
suite	O
of	O
software	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
1998	O
,	O
R:BASE	B-Application
Technologies	I-Application
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
(	O
a	O
privately	O
held	O
company	O
in	O
Murrysville	O
,	O
Pennsylvania	O
,	O
USA	O
)	O
acquired	O
the	O
R:BASE	B-Application
products	O
from	O
Abacus	O
Software	O
Group	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
the	O
features	O
included	O
,	O
and	O
continue	O
to	O
include	O
,	O
a	O
programming-free	O
application	O
development	O
wizard	O
,	O
automatic	O
multi-user	O
capabilities	O
,	O
a	O
full-featured	O
4GL	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
,	O
form	O
,	O
report	O
and	O
label	O
designers	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
fully	O
ANSI	O
SQL	B-Language
compliant	O
relational	O
language	O
capability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
September	O
2007	O
,	O
R:BASE	B-Application
has	O
been	O
available	O
as	O
R:BASE	B-Application
for	O
Windows	O
v7.6	O
,	O
R:BASE	B-Application
for	O
DOS	O
v7.6	O
and	O
R:BASE	B-Application
Turbo	O
V-8	O
for	O
Windows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
German	O
kernel	O
has	O
existed	O
since	O
R:Base	B-Application
V7.6	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
earliest	O
version	O
released	O
by	O
Microrim	O
was	O
called	O
R:Base	B-Application
4000	O
and	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1983	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
shipped	O
with	O
a	O
binder-type	O
manual	O
and	O
the	O
program	O
on	O
360KB	O
floppy	B-Device
disks	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
spite	O
of	O
its	O
relative	O
ease	O
of	O
use	O
and	O
ability	O
to	O
create	O
useful	O
forms	O
and	O
reports	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
R:Base	B-Application
did	O
not	O
have	O
a	O
conventional	O
programming	O
language	O
,	O
but	O
instead	O
relied	O
on	O
SQL	B-Language
statements	O
to	O
accept	O
input	O
and	O
produce	O
output	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
to	O
the	O
original	O
SQL	B-Language
based	O
language	O
The	O
update	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
R:Base	B-Application
4000	O
Version	O
1.1	O
in	O
March	O
1984	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
R:Base	B-Application
became	O
the	O
second	O
most	O
popular	O
DOS	O
database	O
in	O
the	O
PC	B-Device
market	O
(	O
behind	O
dBASE	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Portions	O
of	O
the	O
program	O
allowed	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
design	O
screens	O
,	O
called	O
"	O
Forms	O
"	O
in	O
R:Base	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Limited	O
printer	O
support	O
was	O
included	O
as	O
DOS	O
programs	O
each	O
had	O
their	O
own	O
unique	O
printer	B-Application
driver	I-Application
for	O
similar	O
printer	O
engines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
a	O
startup	O
switch	O
,	O
R:Base	B-Application
could	O
be	O
run	O
entirely	O
from	O
a	O
command	O
prompt	O
,	O
called	O
the	O
"	O
R-prompt	O
,	O
"	O
in	O
system	O
documentation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
SQL-style	O
queries	O
,	O
one	O
could	O
pull	O
on-screen	O
displays	O
of	O
data	O
from	O
tables	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
utility	O
,	O
called	O
Recover	O
,	O
was	O
intended	O
to	O
recover	O
damaged	O
R:Base	B-Application
databases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
R:Base	B-Application
4000	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
R:Base	B-Application
5000	O
,	O
which	O
substantially	O
improved	O
features	O
and	O
gained	O
wider	O
acceptance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
R:BASE	B-Application
2.0	O
rolled	O
out	O
a	O
new	O
file	O
format	O
and	O
introduced	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
use	O
memory	O
above	O
640K	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
continued	O
the	O
evolution	O
toward	O
full	O
ANSI	O
SQL	B-Language
compliance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
R:Base	B-Application
3.0	O
was	O
ANSI	O
SQL	B-Language
(	O
1989	O
)	O
compliant	O
and	O
utilized	O
the	O
DOS4GW	O
memory	O
manager	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
R:Base	B-Application
3.1	O
introduced	O
a	O
multi-user	O
network	O
capability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
version	O
was	O
also	O
rolled	O
out	O
for	O
the	O
Convergent	B-Operating_System
Technologies	I-Operating_System
Operating	I-Operating_System
System	I-Operating_System
operating	O
system	O
,	O
this	O
was	O
apparently	O
a	O
follow-on	O
to	O
Burroughs	O
Technologies	O
Operating	O
System	O
(	O
BTOS	B-Operating_System
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
"	O
unlimited	O
number	O
of	O
licenses	O
"	O
runtime	O
version	O
was	O
offered	O
,	O
allowing	O
developers	O
to	O
sell	O
applications	O
and	O
include	O
the	O
run-time	O
R:Base	B-Application
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Example	O
of	O
an	O
R:Base	B-Application
3.1	O
command	O
prompt	O
transaction	O
asking	O
the	O
application	O
to	O
list	O
the	O
structure	O
of	O
a	O
database	O
table	O
of	O
California	O
cities	O
,	O
(	O
CALIFCY	O
)	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
R:Base	B-Application
4.0	O
rolled	O
out	O
Intel	O
80386	O
support	O
and	O
a	O
newer	O
DOS4GW	O
memory	O
manager	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
R:Base	B-Application
4.5	O
rolled	O
out	O
another	O
new	O
file	O
format	O
and	O
greatly	O
improved	O
capacity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OBDC	B-Application
drivers	O
were	O
rolled	O
out	O
to	O
allow	O
interchange	O
of	O
data	O
with	O
Microsoft	O
Windows-based	O
applications	O
without	O
running	O
the	O
DOS-based	O
File	O
Gateway	O
utility	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
product	O
produced	O
by	O
Microrim	O
for	O
use	O
in	O
Microsoft	O
Windows	O
was	O
named	O
R:Base	B-Application
for	O
Windows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
was	O
compatible	O
with	O
R:Base	B-Application
4.5	O
files	O
and	O
was	O
fully	O
ANSI	O
SQL	B-Language
Level	O
II	O
1989	O
compliant	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
application	O
was	O
partially	O
ANSI	O
SQL	B-Language
1992	O
Level	O
II	O
compliant	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
screen	O
capture	O
images	O
in	O
documentation	O
look	O
like	O
Windows	B-Application
3.1	I-Application
,	O
but	O
documentation	O
claimed	O
it	O
would	O
also	O
run	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
or	O
the	O
more	O
trustworthy	O
Windows	O
inside	O
OS/2	O
Warp	O
version	O
3	O
.	O
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