Re: tlug: Mac emulator; file maker???

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Wed, 8 Jul 1998, Totoro wrote:

> On Wed, 8 Jul 1998, Eric Standlee wrote:
> 
> > I was just wondering if anyone knows if there is a Mac emulator and if that
> > emulator can run a somewhat current version of FileMaker (a Mac database
> > program).
> 
> There is a commercial one called Executor at http://www.ardi.com
> 
> I have never used it, and don't know anyone who has, so can't vouch for
> the product at all. There is a demo available. At $150 for a single
> license (they know it's expensive; they make you wade through several
> pages to find the price list) it would seem more cost-effective to work
> with one of the database packages already developed for Unicsen. But I
> suppose that would probably not make your friend immediately happy.

None of the UNIX-type databases have the front-end like Filemaker does,
though...  I'm personally interested to see if the ODBC-compliant
Filemaker will work with an Empress RDBMS system, though.  It *should*,
since they both talk ODBC, but I remember my experience with the Frontend
of Straw and the Frontend of Sticks (MS Access and NT Perl/ODBC) all too
well :)

> 
> > I have a friend who might switch to Linux if I can show him that his
> > precious FileMaker database can run under Linux.
> 
> Well, if he has a powermac, he should be able to set up a flavor of
> Linux on that, which can still leave his FM database intact when he
> boots up the MacOS.
> 
> 
> 
> David Riley
> 
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> 
> http://w3.clat.hi-tech.ac.jp
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