2212msr@whuts.UUCP (ROBIN) (08/10/86)
I am currently involved with a project for a historical organization which
involves creating a database pertaining to industrial equipment, i.e. locomotives
of one manufacturer. There are approximately 2800 engines, with about 900 characters of
data per engine. I'm looking for a commercial database package which will alloweasy data entry, correction and addition and also allow complex search/sort algorithms to be used (an example:which engines worked in W.V in 1900-1904 in Raleigh county
and were equipped with 12"x15" cylindes and built for 42" gauge track?)
Any thoughts or recommendations would be appreciated. I've been considering
Dbase III+, but I'm not committed and am open to suggestion.
Hardware will be: PC-AT running at 10Mhz, w/80287
3.5M RAM, 40M Seagate hard disk
DOS 3.1
Any thoughts, opinions or ideas would be helpful. I'll post summary to net
if there is sufficient interest.
Max S. Robin
AT&T Bell Laboratories
Rm 3E-318A
Whippany, NJ 07981
ehmail:whuts!2212msr or whuxg!2212msr2212msr@whuts.UUCP (ROBIN) (08/16/86)
Thanks to all of you who responded to my inquiry. Since responses are still coming in it will be awhile until I post results to the net. I should have mentioned that I have 15+ years experience as a programmer (FORTRAN & Assembler). I have done etensive work with database packages on mainframes, but they have all bee either heirarchal (sp?) or network, not relational. Max S. Robin AT&T Bell LAbs email:whuts!2212msr