After four years of development, Columbia Software Inc of the eponymous Maryland town has come up with a fully-integrated forms processor with database capabilites, called FormBase. The product is being promoted as a new horizontal software category with the potential to become as omnipresent as spreadsheets and word processing. It runs on MS-DOS boxes – release 3.1 and up using the 80286 up, and needs 640Kb memory. FormBase is described as seamlessly integrating desktop data entry, forms creation and database management enabling relational files to be created on-screen. Xerox has an exclusive worldwide marketing agreement for the product. Priced at UKP495 in the UK, the forms processor will be available from next month as part of the Rank Xerox Desktop Software range.
