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279 points rbanffy | 1 comments | | HN request time: 0.204s | source
1. bitwize ◴[] No.44007052[source]
N.B. Access for DOS was not a database. It was a communications program with preconfigured settings for popular services like CompuServe and Dow Jones. It wasn't generic like Crosstalk (also featured); to my knowledge it couldn't do anything that it didn't have a configuration for. Clearly aimed at the "on the go" business person who wanted to check stock prices or something without worrying about baud rates or stop bits.