rcw@wingman.UUCP (Ray Ward) (11/21/89)
I am new to the NET, so if I am doing this wrong please let me know. I would like to conduct a survey. This survey is directed towards fireman and EMS personnel. I am currently involved in establishing a computer system for our fire department. This system is to be used for dispatching, personnel records, inventory, accounting, administration, reports, and whatever else we can utilize it for. My committee has been investigating our neighboring fire departments to determine what types of systems are in use and the corresponding software. We have decided, from these investigations and the amount of money we have to spend, to set up either an IBM-PC or a Macintosh system. What I would like to find out is, if you currently use either of these systems please let me know which one and what type of software is utilized. As a side note, I would also like to find out if there is a hypercard like software program for the IBM-PC. Please E-mail your responses to rcw@wingman.UUCP. If there seems to be enough interest, I will post the results of this survey. Thanks In Advance, Ray Ward
wcom@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Bill Comella) (11/29/89)
If you are looking for an IBM PC version of hypercard, you might be interested
in a program called HyperPad. This is a Hypercard workalike, and from what
I have seen it is very much like the Mac version (no graphics, though).
It is available from:
Brightbill-Roberts and Company
120 E. Washington St, Suite 421
Syracuse NY 13202
Phone: 315-474-3400
If you are planning to do a lot of data management, you might find that
Hypercard is not powerful enough. It offers no relational capabilities,
and it is not nearly as flexible as a relational database.
Using a relational database like dBase IV or FoxBase (on the IBM) or
FoxBase or 4th Dimension (on the Mac) would be more work in the initial
set up phase but you'd probably find it more useful in the long run.
We have been using 4th Dimension on the Mac for nearly a year to track call
statistics and manage our fund drive. I am currently working on a database
that will function as a computer dispatching aid. You type the address and
type of the call, and immediately get directions to the address, whether
or not to send ALS or BLS, and any past problems at that address ( a "crews
beware" list). This will then link to the call statistics database (to
simplify recording the stats) and to the fund drive data base (it will be
interesting to see who's calling us the most vs. who's paying the most).
(Try this sort of thing with Hypercard... )
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Bill Comella
Henrietta Ambulance Henrietta, NY
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