Read Me 68 K ODBC Bridge

68K ODBC Bridge The 68K ODBC Bridge is a PowerPC-ODBC driver that makes it possible to use existing 68K drivers with a native PowerPC ODBC application. Apple and Visigenic have managed to create two completely incompatible ODBC architectures on the Macintosh. PowerPC applications can't use 68K drivers, and 68K applications can't use PowerPC drivers. I don't really understand why it was done this way, even Microsoft managed to be slightly more compatible between the 16- and 32- bit architectures on the Windows side. There are currently many more ODBC drivers available for the 68K architecture. There is for example no PowerPC ODBC driver available for such a major database as Informix. There are, however, several PowerPC ODBC client applications available or on their way, e.g Tango, PowerBuilder 5, Oracle PowerObjects 2.0 and others. Installation You will need to have both the 68K and PowerPC ODBC architectures installed. They are usually installed together with ODBC drivers or client applications. You can see that they are installed by looking in your "Control Panels" folder. You should have both "ODBC Setup" and "ODBC Setup PPC". The current version is 2.1.2 (Nov. 96). You will also need at least one 68K ODBC driver, and data sources configured for that driver. To install "68K ODBC Bridge", just put it in your "Extensions" folder. There is no need to reboot. To configure a data source for use with a PowerPC application, use the "ODBC Setup PPC" control panel. Click on the button "Setup Data Sources...". -1- In the following dialog, click "Add...". In the list of ODBC drivers, choose "68K ODBC Bridge". The configuration dialog is rather simple, just type in the name of the 68K datasource you want to use and press OK. The PowerPC datasource will have the same name, just specify that name in the client application and you are ready to go! How To Register 68K ODBC Bridge is shareware. You are allowed to use it for free for a period of 30 days. If you want to use it beyond this period, you must pay for it. It is not awfully expensive: $15 per user, with a Site License available for $300, which covers all locations for your organization within a 50 kilometer radius of your site. One big advantage of a Site License is that you do not need to keep track of how many people at your site are using the software. A World-Wide License costs $600 and it covers all locations for your organization on the planets Earth and Mars. Paying should be fairly simple. Open the included Register program. Enter your name, your email address, and the number of single user licenses you wish to purchase (or Site or Word-Wide licenses). Save or Copy or Print the data from the Register program and send the data and payment to Kagi. More specifics on the Register program to follow. Kagi handles my payment processing. If paying with Credit Card or First Virtual, you can email or fax the data to Kagi. T…