davidson (05/29/82)
I am using a database written in UCSD Pascal to keep track of my record collection. I have updated it each time I aquire a new record, and can find all records of a particular 'kind' with reasonable speed. I keep track of each record by assigning a 'type' to the music. e.g. rock, progressive, jazz, classical, etc.. and the database can select from the database all of the records having the particular 'type' of music I am interested in. Yes, it took a while to originally enter th 200 records I had at the time, however with over 450 records now, it was well worth the time then. sdcsvax!davidson david barto
rlr (06/01/82)
I really like the ideas presented here about cataloguing (?) records via
some sort of database system. However, this does not solve the problem of
sorting these records PHYSICALLY!! It may be very nice to stack records
semi-randomly and have the computer point you to where a particular record
is, but it's not something I'd use all the time ("Computer, give me a record
in the neo-Flimsian style that would suit the moods for a romantic encounter
during a nuclear attack").
I am still very interested in such systems, and once I get a machine of my own,
I plan to implement one for my collection. However, I guess I was asking for
PHYSICAL filing systems rather than computer-oriented systems. Thanx anyway
for the responses, and I'll be in touch with those of you who responded with
database system suggestions sometime in the future, when I get a home computer
for myself (as someone, whose name escapes me as I write this, said, it is a
great excuse for buying one).
Rich Rosen pyuxjj!rlr