laughner@darwin.cc.nd.edu (Tom Laughner) (03/21/91)
In article <13643@darkstar.ucsc.edu> marti@saturn.ucsc.edu (Marti Atkinson) writes: >>A friend of mine in the Ancient History department has asked for my >advice >>regarding a computer system for the Teaching Collection. > >>The curator of the Ancient History Teaching Collection at Macquarie >wishes to >>catalogue all the artefacts and papyri into an on-line research database. >To >>this end, he needs information about software and the hardware platforms >under >>them. > >I would recommend a MacII with a color scanner (try looking at LaCie it >has been >coming bundled with some nice image enhancement and compression software). >You might also consider Hypercard as the front end to your images, altho >there >are several visual databases available... sorry I can't recommend exact >names. > >Macs are good for people who have not had alot of previous experience with >computers and are especially good for visually oriented professionals. > > >Marti Atkinson >University of Calif. at Santa Cruz >marti@saturn.ucsc.edu >marti@uccrls.BITNET >...!ucbvax!ucscc!saturn!marti Our campus museum has just bought some Nexts to do exactly what you're doing. They went with Next since the resolution is so nice, the interface is easy to use, and you can now get color monitors. They're still setting it up, so far they seem very happy with it. I don't know what they're using for a database.
golds@fjc.GOV (Rich Goldschmidt) (03/26/91)
I don't know if this might suit your needs, but we are looking at building an image database using Superbase 4 from Precision Software as the display and database engine. It runs under MS-Windows 3.0 and knows about some common image formats (not all). It also appears to be a nice database application development environment. We plan to store the large bulk of image data on a Unix box, and use a PC-NFS clone to make it accessible as DOS drives on the PC. For more info on Superbase call Precision Software at (800) 562-9909, or (214) 929-4888. I have no connection with them, and will be using their software for prototyping over the next few months. Ask me again in June to see how well I like it... -- Rich Goldschmidt: uunet!fjcp60!golds or golds@fjc.gov Commercialization of space is the best way to escape the zero-sum economy. Disclaimer: I don't speak for the government, and it doesn't speak for me...