SlickRCBD wrote:
magnusfalkirk wrote:On Oct 9, 5:45 pm, magnusfalkirk <dean.pha...@gmail.com> wrote:If you could locate a copy of the NAUG Home disk 1 there is a copy of a database template on the called Bibliography that is designed to run in Appleworks and let you keep track of your home library. DeanI managed to locate a couple old "The AppleWorks User Group" shrunk disk files that have databases related to book libraries. I can e-mail you the copy of the disk image if you'd like and then your friend can look at the templates and see which one he'd prefer to use. One is definitely more elaborate than the other but they both look like they'll do the job. Dean Apple II Forever!The thing I'm thinking of is that IIRC, AW 2.X only had 56K or so available for user files on his system, and AW3.0 had even less. I have no clue what AW4 or AW5 had. What I do remember is having difficulity once loading a data base once on a friend's Apple IIe that I had no problem with on my Apple IIGS due to the fact that the IIGS had at least 768K of RAM at the time. I'll tell him, though he might want to ask about MS-DOS solutions if there are no specialized A2 programs to be found on the 'net.
You can go for speed, by putting all the records into RAM, or very large capacity, by putting the records on hard disk. I'd be surprised if you needed more capacity than can be supported by Appleworks with a 1MB RAMworks-style memory card and AE's Appleworks "Super Expander" or a later version that increased limits to match the available RAM. AUX RAM expander cards are still readily available for //e's. -michael Parallel computing for Apple II computers! Home page: http://members.aol.com/mjmahon "The wastebasket is our most important design tool--and it's seriously underused." ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **