Bill Cable

Location: New Hampshire

Articles (58)

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Archive Series – Part 1: Database Concepts
Databases for novices.
Update MagazineJuly 1990
Archive Series – Part 2: Archive Data Structure, The Good and The Bad
More basics of databases.
Update MagazineOctober 1990
Archive Series – Part 3: First Commands or Close Encounters of the First Kind
Preparing to build a database in Archive.
Update MagazineJanuary 1991
Archive Series – Part 4: Create, Open, Insert Commands
Creating and adding information to an Archive database.
Update MagazineApril 1991
Archive Series – Part 5: Alter and Delete Commands
Further exploration of Archive.
Update MagazineJuly 1991
Arithmetic: An Arithmetic Drill Program for the QL
A program designed to aid children in learning arithmetic.
Update MagazineOctober 1988
Cable Column
More on linking databases together and using Sedit.
Update MagazineApril 1995
Cable Column
Find, Search, Continue commands.
Update MagazineOctober 1991
Cable Column
A review – describing how to use some recently introduced procedures.
Update MagazineApril 1994
Cable Column
PRINT and LPRINT commands with an overview of all input/output commands.
Update MagazineJanuary 1993
Cable Column
FormEd – a form editor and printer for Archive databases.
Update MagazineJuly 1994
Cable Column
I was pleased to see that in the October & November issues of QL World they gave considerable space to...
Update MagazineJanuary 1990
Cable Column
FormEd – A form editor and printer for Archive databases.
Update MagazineOctober 1994
Cable Column
This issue of UPDATE initiates me as the QL Editor. I am happy to assist Bill Jones in producing this...
Update MagazineOctober 1989
Cable Column
Archive series part 22: error handling in Archive with Errnum() function and Error command.
Update MagazineOctober 1995
Cable Column
Using keys to link databases together and other handy tricks.
Update MagazineJanuary 1995
Cable Column
Entering procedures using the Archive program editor.
Update MagazineOctober 1993
Cable Column
Entering procedures using the Archive program editor.
Update MagazineJuly 1993
Cable Column
Entering procedures using the Archive program editor.
Update MagazineApril 1993
Cable Column
Entering Query – a program to interrogate any Archive database.
Update MagazineJanuary 1994
Cable Column
Backup strategies to prevent data loss.
Update MagazineJuly 1996
Cable Column
Is Archive a relational database?
Update MagazineApril 1996
Cable Column
Solving the Towers of Hanoi puzzle with Archive.
Update MagazineJanuary 1996
Cable Column
IF and ALL and MODE commands.
Update MagazineOctober 1992
Cable Column
Update and While commands and introducing the “P” word.
Update MagazineJuly 1992
Cable Column
Order and Select commands in Archive.
Update MagazineApril 1992
Cable Column
Order, Locate, Reset commands in Archive.
Update MagazineJanuary 1992
Cable Column
Bycol – a program for displaying and printing databases by columns.
Update MagazineJuly 1995
Cable Column: QL – Archive – PC
Databases, transferring to PC.
Update MagazineApril 1990
CDIR Directory PrinterSinclair Timex User Group NewsletterMarch 1990
Datadesign: Review Of A New Database
I am a big fan of PSION’s ARCHIVE Database and a promoter of the use of databases in general. Bob...
Bill CableInternational QL ReportJanuary/February 1992
Going Online 5 – QBOX USA, Initial Access
The North American QL community is very lucky to have a group of dedicated enthusiasts who have set up a...
Bill CableNESQLUG NewsMay/June 1995
Going Online, Part 1
This is the start of a series of articles that are designed to help anyone go ‘online’ with their QL....
Bill CableNESQLUG NewsSeptember/October 1994
Going Online, Part 2
As mentioned last time, this is a series by a beginner for beginners. Those Pith experience may find some chuckles...
Bill CableNESQLUG NewsNovember/December 1994
HELPER: A SuperBASIC Program
A set of toolkit-like functions presented in menu format.
Update MagazineJanuary 1989
Helper: A SuperBASIC Program
A set of toolkit-like functions presented in menu format.
Update MagazineOctober 1988
Input/Output
T/SNUG attempts to raise funds to purchase remainder of Rod Gowen’s inventory before he sends it to the landfill. Letters...
ZXir QLive Alive!Spring 1998
Input/Output
Letters from Les Cottrell, Tim Swenson, Robert Gilbert, Francine Sklar, Harry Miller, David Lassov, Joan Kealy, Bill Cable, Gilliam Parrish,...
ZXir QLive Alive!Summer 1995
Input/Output
Letters from Donald Lambert, David Lassov, Gil Parrish, Al Feng, Wally Swentko, Robert Gallagher, Rod Gowen, Seymour Miller, Frank Davis,...
ZXir QLive Alive!Summer 1997
Input/Output
Letters from Joe Rampolla, John Pegram, Al Feng, David Leech, Jeff Burrell, Rod Gowen, Dane Stegman, Robert Webster, Tom Parks,...
ZXir QLive Alive!Summer 2000
Letter updating REFIELDUpdate MagazineJanuary 1989
Matcher: An Archive Utility Program
We have all had the experience of receiving 2 or 3 copies of the same catalog each with a slightly...
Bill CableInternational QL ReportJuly/August 1992
Milwaukee “Family Reunion”
We enjoyed this Fest more than any of the others, since we hosted the event last year. You can’t imagine...
Audrey Curnutt
Robert M Curnutt
CATS NewsletterAugust 1990
NESQLUG Goes North
On August 4th NESQLUG will meet in Cornish, NH. The official meeting time will be from 1:00 to 4:00 pm...
Bill CableNESQLUG NewsJuly/August 1991
QL ShowZXir QLive Alive!Spring 1997
Recursion in SuperBasic
Recursion in programming means a program can call itself. SuperBASIC supports recursion in both functions and procedures.
Bill CableNESQLUG NewsMay/June 1992
Refield Program
Program that allows one to add, restructure and delete fields in Archive databases.
Update MagazineOctober 1988
Replace: An Archive Utility
Database systems and database oriented software play an increasingly important role in personal computing. Computers are fantastic for sorting and...
Bill CableInternational QL ReportNovember/December 1991
Ruminations From The QL EditorUpdate MagazineJuly 1990
Ruminations from the QL EditorUpdate MagazineApril 1990
Ruminations from the QL EditorUpdate MagazineJanuary 1990
Scan: An Archive Program
Program that allows one to see up to three selected fields displayed on a line for all currently active records.
Update MagazineOctober 1988
SMUG Export Report
| travelled with Bill Cable of Wood & Wind Computing to the SMUG Expo in Milwaukee the first weekend in...
Peter HaleNESQLUG NewsJuly/August 1990
Some Notes On Archive
This came to me as a letter and not an article – ED I am heavy into really relational databases...
Bill CableQL Hacker’s JournalMay 1996
The Cable Column
More on programming in Archive.
Update MagazineJuly 1989
The Cable Column: Programming in Archive
Archive has a built-in procedural based language. The author walks through writing a few procedures.
Update MagazineApril 1989
Why Use Archive?
Twelve reasons to use Archive.
Update MagazineOctober 1988
Windex
WINDEX is a collection of public domain programs to create a “word index” of any text file.
Bill CableInternational QL ReportNovember/December 1993

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