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Your business still runs on old software. That's fine, for now.

We look after the FoxPro, dBase, Clipper, Delphi, Sage and bespoke systems UK businesses still depend on: keeping them running, getting the data out safely, and moving them on when you're ready.

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Written in 1994. Still taking orders every morning.

The systems we look after

If it was written between the mid-1980s and the late 2000s and it still runs part of your business, we can probably read it. More about legacy software support.

  • FoxPro and Visual FoxProFoxPro for DOS and Windows, Visual FoxPro 3 to 9
  • dBasedBase III and IV applications and DBF data
  • ClipperClipper Summer '87 and xBase applications
  • DelphiDelphi 1 to 7, including BDE and Paradox databases
  • SageIntegration and data migration from Line 50 and Sage 200 to Line 500 and Sage 1000
  • BASICGW-BASIC, BASICA and QuickBASIC programs

How we help

Health Check£495 fixed

We review your system, data and set-up, then give you a written report on the risks and costed options. Most clients start here, and it's the fastest way to a straight answer.

Keep it running

Runtime errors, Windows 11 compatibility, printing, new PC set-ups and proper documentation, so the business isn't depending on one person or one old computer.

Integration

Connect the old system, or Sage, to your CRM, website, phone system or Odoo so nothing gets typed twice.

Data rescue

A clean, complete copy of your DBF data with memo fields and £ signs intact, delivered to Excel, SQL or straight into a new system.

Migration

Fixed-price moves to a modern web application or a platform such as Odoo, done a step at a time so the business keeps running throughout.

Guides

Practical answers to the problems old systems throw up, written by someone who has been fixing them since the early 1990s.

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