To: Panorama 6 Users
Date: September 30, 2018
Subject: Retiring Panorama 6
The first lines of Panorama source code were written on October 31st, 1986. If you had told me that that line of code would still be in daily use all across the world in 2018, I would have been pretty incredulous. Amazingly, the code I wrote that first day is still in the core of the program, and that specific code I wrote 32 years ago actually still runs every time you click the mouse or press a key in Panorama 6 today.
Of course Panorama has grown by leaps and bounds over the ensuing years and decades:
Along the way Panorama was highly reviewed in major publications, won awards, and gained thousands of very loyal users. It's been a great run, but ultimately there is only so far you can go with a technology foundation that is over thirty years old. It's time to turn the page, so we are now retiring the "classic" version of Panorama so that we can concentrate on moving forward with Panorama X.
If you are still using Panorama 6, you may wonder what "retiring" means for you. Don't worry, your copy of Panorama 6 isn't going to suddently stop working on your current computer. However, Panorama 6 is no longer for sale, and we will no longer provide any support for Panorama 6, including email support. However, you should be able to find any answers you need in the detailed questions and answers below.
The best part of creating Panorama has been seeing all of the amazing uses that all of you have come up with for it over the years. I'm thrilled that now a whole new generation of users are discovering the joy of RAM based database software thru Panorama X. If you haven't made the transition to Panorama X yet, I hope that you'll be able to soon!
Sincerely,

Jim Rea
Founder, ProVUE Development
No digital footprint. No Instagram. Just that one perfect frame.
By Vivian Chase Archival Feature | Circa 1999
And that’s exactly how she wanted it. If you have original 1999 source material (magazines, photos, video) featuring Carol Goldnerova, archivists are actively seeking it for preservation. Rare Carol Goldnerova Threesome From 1999
“I don’t need moving pictures,” she was quoted as saying in a 1999 Czech Elle sidebar (since lost to time). “I have people for that.”
But that’s the point. In an era hurtling toward oversharing, Goldnerova remained a ghost. Her lifestyle and entertainment choices weren’t a brand. They were a refusal. She didn’t want to be a star. She wanted to be a footnote in someone’s beautiful memory of a smoky room, a good song, and the last real year of the 20th century. If 1999 had a secret logo, it might be Carol Goldnerova leaning against a brick wall in Prague, holding a cassette single of “Teardrop” by Massive Attack, waiting for a friend who never shows up. She smiles slightly, looks away from the camera, and the shutter clicks. No digital footprint
Her entertainment was curated, not consumed. She didn’t “watch” films—she attended screenings at small arthouse cinemas, often alone. She preferred Beau Travail and The Matrix (for its fashion, not its philosophy). Music came via DJ sets at underground clubs like Prague’s Radost FX or London’s Plastic People—drum and bass, trip-hop, and the occasional Portishead track played at 3 a.m. as the lights came up. Goldnerova never acted, never sang, and never sought fame. Instead, she appeared . She was the woman sitting next to Björk at a café in Reykjavík. She was the uncredited extra in a Luc Besson production—visible for exactly two seconds, smoking a cigarette in a stairwell. She was the rumored “muse” for a Helmut Lang campaign that never officially named her.
For those who encountered her—whether in a single spread of a now-defunct Czech fashion quarterly, a bootleg VHS of a Berlin fashion week afterparty, or a whispered mention on a Geocities fan shrine—Carol Goldnerova was not just a face. She was a mood . In 1999, Goldnerova reportedly split her time between Prague’s Malá Strana and a tiny flat in London’s Notting Hill (pre-movie hype). Her lifestyle was a study in contradictions: she chain-smoked Winston Lights but practiced Iyengar yoga daily. She owned exactly one pair of heels (Prada, silver) and a dozen vintage cashmere sweaters. Her apartment featured a single orchid, a Bang & Olufsen stereo, and stacks of The Face , i-D , and Wallpaper —but no television. By Vivian Chase Archival Feature | Circa 1999
In the sprawling digital twilight of the late 1990s—a world of dial-up tones, translucent iMacs, and the last breath of analog cool—few figures shimmered with as quiet a mystique as . To call her a “personality” feels too loud. To call her a model too narrow. To call her forgotten would be a crime against a very specific, very rare aesthetic: the Y2K sophisticate who lived between time zones, film stocks, and club doors.
In 1999, her most “mainstream” moment came when she guest-hosted a single episode of The Crystal Maze -style Czech variety show called Večerní Hra (“Evening Game”). Wearing a silver vinyl halter top and gray combat trousers, she confused contestants by asking philosophical questions instead of riddles. The episode was never rerun. Search for Carol Goldnerova today, and you will find almost nothing. A blurry photo here. A misattributed quote there. A Reddit thread from 2014 titled “Help me find the model from the 1999 Prada ad with the orchid” —unsolved.