<s>
Superbase	B-Device
is	O
an	O
end-user	O
desktop	O
database	O
program	O
that	O
started	O
on	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
and	O
was	O
ported	O
from	O
that	O
to	O
various	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
over	O
the	O
course	O
of	O
more	O
than	O
20	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
has	O
generally	O
included	O
a	O
programming	O
language	O
to	O
automate	O
database-oriented	O
tasks	O
,	O
and	O
with	O
later	O
versions	O
included	O
WYSIWYG	B-Application
form	O
and	O
report	O
designers	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
more	O
sophisticated	O
programming	O
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
created	O
in	O
1983	O
by	O
Precision	O
Software	O
for	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
and	O
128	O
and	O
later	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
and	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1989	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
database	B-Application
management	I-Application
system	I-Application
to	O
run	O
on	O
a	O
Windows	B-Application
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Precision	O
Software	O
,	O
a	O
UK-based	O
company	O
,	O
was	O
the	O
original	O
creator	O
of	O
the	O
product	O
Superbase	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Superbase	B-Device
was	O
and	O
still	O
is	O
used	O
by	O
a	O
large	O
number	O
of	O
people	O
on	O
various	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
initial	O
versions	O
were	O
text	O
mode	O
only	O
,	O
but	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
,	O
Superbase	B-Device
became	O
the	O
first	O
product	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
now	O
common	O
VCR	O
control	O
panel	O
for	O
browsing	O
through	O
records	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Superbase	B-Device
was	O
often	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
the	O
multimedia	O
database	O
in	O
early	O
years	O
,	O
when	O
such	O
features	O
were	O
uncommon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
also	O
featured	O
an	O
internal	O
language	O
and	O
the	O
capability	O
to	O
generate	O
front	O
end	O
"	O
masks	O
"	O
for	O
queries	O
and	O
reports	O
,	O
years	O
before	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Access	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eventually	O
a	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
version	O
was	O
released	O
and	O
a	O
couple	O
of	O
years	O
later	O
the	O
company	O
was	O
sold	O
by	O
its	O
founders	O
to	O
Software	O
Publishing	O
Corporation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SPC	O
sold	O
off	O
the	O
non-Windows	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
product	O
and	O
after	O
releasing	O
version	O
2	O
and	O
in	O
the	O
late	O
alpha	O
stages	O
of	O
version	O
3	O
,	O
sold	O
the	O
product	O
to	O
a	O
company	O
called	O
Computer	O
Concepts	O
Corporation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
relatively	O
unknown	O
company	O
created	O
a	O
subsidiary	O
called	O
Superbase	B-Device
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
and	O
after	O
finishing	O
off	O
the	O
late	O
stage	O
alpha	O
of	O
version	O
3	O
and	O
launching	O
it	O
as	O
Superbase	B-Device
95	O
,	O
eventually	O
appeared	O
to	O
have	O
lost	O
interest	O
in	O
the	O
product	O
,	O
at	O
which	O
point	O
it	O
was	O
bought	O
by	O
a	O
small	O
group	O
of	O
former	O
customers	O
and	O
brought	O
back	O
to	O
the	O
UK	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
company	O
,	O
Superbase	B-Device
Developers	O
plc	O
,	O
continued	O
to	O
extend	O
and	O
support	O
the	O
product	O
through	O
Superbase	B-Device
Classic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
was	O
sold	O
to	O
Mr.	O
Hardware	O
Computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
new	O
,	O
next-generation	O
rewrite	O
of	O
the	O
product	O
initially	O
called	O
Superbase	B-Device
Next	O
Generation	O
(	O
SBNG	O
)	O
which	O
included	O
a	O
new	O
object	O
oriented	O
programming	O
language	O
called	O
SIMPOL	O
was	O
begun	O
in	O
1999-2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2009	O
this	O
company	O
launched	O
SIMPOL	O
Professional	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
the	O
next	O
generation	O
product	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
language	O
and	O
database	O
tool	O
set	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2009	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
Superbase	B-Device
Developers	O
plc	O
was	O
in	O
liquidation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2010	O
Papatuo	O
Holdings	O
Ltd	O
.	O
purchased	O
the	O
Superbase	B-Device
family	O
of	O
products	O
from	O
the	O
official	O
receivers	O
of	O
Superbase	B-Device
Developers	O
plc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2014	O
,	O
Pap	O
Holdings	O
(	O
formerly	O
Papatuo	O
Holdings	O
)	O
the	O
company	O
that	O
purchased	O
the	O
Superbase	B-Device
intellectual	O
property	O
when	O
Superbase	B-Device
Developers	O
plc	O
was	O
liquidated	O
in	O
2010	O
also	O
purchased	O
the	O
SIMPOL	O
intellectual	O
property	O
upon	O
the	O
liquidation	O
of	O
Simpol	O
Limited	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2018	O
,	O
Superbase	B-Device
Software	O
Limited	O
released	O
a	O
free	O
for	O
non-commercial	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Superbase	B-Device
has	O
been	O
used	O
for	O
very	O
basic	O
end-user	O
tasks	O
,	O
but	O
its	O
real	O
strength	O
lies	O
in	O
the	O
ability	O
of	O
relatively	O
untrained	O
programmers	O
to	O
create	O
complex	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
contains	O
a	O
high-speed	O
versatile	O
ISAM	B-Application
database	O
engine	O
and	O
its	O
own	O
powerful	O
dialect	O
of	O
BASIC	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
sophisticated	O
forms	O
and	O
report	O
engines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
includes	O
powerful	O
support	O
for	O
acting	O
as	O
the	O
front-end	O
for	O
one	O
or	O
more	O
SQL	B-Language
databases	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
biggest	O
drawback	O
is	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
written	O
to	O
the	O
16-bit	O
Windows	B-Application
API	B-General_Concept
and	O
was	O
not	O
easily	O
portable	O
to	O
the	O
32-bit	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
a	O
casual	O
programmer	O
's	O
perspective	O
,	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
the	O
database	O
is	O
not	O
based	O
on	O
SQL	B-Language
is	O
a	O
significant	O
advantage	O
,	O
since	O
the	O
level	O
of	O
complexity	O
is	O
far	O
less	O
and	O
it	O
is	O
easier	O
for	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
grasp	O
the	O
concepts	O
of	O
how	O
to	O
manage	O
and	O
traverse	O
the	O
database	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Peer-to-peer	O
Client/Server	O
(	O
PPCS	O
)	O
—	O
this	O
technology	O
allows	O
any	O
version	O
of	O
Superbase	B-Device
to	O
act	O
as	O
either	O
a	O
database	O
server	O
,	O
a	O
client	O
,	O
or	O
both	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Small	O
footprint	O
—	O
Superbase	B-Device
runs	O
on	O
every	O
version	O
of	O
Windows	B-Application
except	O
the	O
64-bit	O
versions	O
and	O
requires	O
only	O
a	O
minimum	O
of	O
6	O
MB	O
of	O
system	O
RAM	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
in	O
1984	O
stated	O
that	O
Superbase	B-Device
had	O
"	O
numerous	O
advanced	O
features	O
seldom	O
seen	O
in	O
a	O
database	B-Application
manager	I-Application
for	O
the	O
C-64	O
"	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
database	B-Application
programming	I-Application
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
concluded	O
that	O
"	O
anyone	O
planning	O
on	O
harnessing	O
the	O
C-64	O
in	O
an	O
office	O
or	O
business	O
environment	O
ca	O
n't	O
go	O
wrong	O
with	O
SuperBase	B-Device
"	O
.	O
</s>
