I first started working with a database when I had to manage lots of student data. In order to keep track of grades, I designed a record-keeping system for a newly-established a military training environment. It seemed amazing that I was able to throw all sorts of data into the program and get customized reports out of a dot-matrix printer! Finding this example is what gave me the inspiration for today's blog entry. It was in a collection of 1989 data.
Computers do everything nowadays except slice and dice; however, I occasionally feel as though they were more magical and intriguing back in DOS days.