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From: wsinkees@wsinti01.info.win.tue.nl (Kees Huizing)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Disk collection organizer/cataloger needed
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Date: 13 Aug 90 11:34:31 GMT
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a_dent@vaxa.cc.uwa.oz.au writes:

>He wants to be able to reconcile a vast collection of floppies and three hard
>disks, to track down outdated copies of documents.

...

>I AM willing to write this so, if you're interested in seeing it as shareware
>please also respond.  However, it would certainly be easier if there was an
>existing retail or shareware program that exactly meets these needs :-)

There is a Hypercard stack called something Floppy_Cat that could serve as a
basis for your program.  It includes a XCMD that quickly reads the contents
of a floppy and puts it on a card.  It has a lot of parameters to obtain
file information.  It provides an easy and quick way to catalog your
floppies, but the rest you have to write yourself (except the standard
hypercard find etc.).

I think it is on sumex-aim.stanford.edu in the directory card.  

			Good luck,
			Kees

PS, I am interested in what you write or find.
-- 
Kees Huizing - Eindhoven Univ of Techn - Dept Math & Comp Sc - The Netherlands
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