Title
Ashton-Tate and Compubox team up to provide Hearns/Leonard fight statistics through dBase IV
Catalog Number
102762790
Type
Document
Description
Press release announcing that Ashton-Tate and CompuBox, Inc. have joined forces to produce the dBASE IV Fight Data System, a database system of current and historic boxing statistics designed to assist journalists covering "The War," today's super-middle weight title bout between Sugar Ray Leonard and Thomas Hearns at Caesar's Palace. Designed using dBASE IV, Ashton-Tate's recently introduced database management software program for microcomputers, the dBASE IV Fight Data System will provide statistical analyses on boxing's most well-known matches, including Hearns' and Leonard.'s first fight in 1981. Journalists will be able to access the system beginning Friday morning, June 9, 1989 through the completion of the bout via one of three Compaq microcomputers set up in the fight press room. Donated by Ed Esber. 3 scanned pages.
Date
1989-06-08
Publisher
Ashton-Tate
Identifying Numbers
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Extent
3 p.
Category
Press release
Collection Title
Information Technology Corporate Histories Collection
