dBase was one of my first exposures to databases. As a largely penniless computer-obsessed kid in the late 80s/early 90s I was big into sending off for any freebies offered in the ads of the pages of UK BYTE.

Somehow I scored a (stripped down?) copy on multiple floppies that I couldn't even use, as an Amiga owner - but incredibly, this freebie came with a fantastic paper manual which I devoured.