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From: les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: Simple database software for sysV?
Message-ID: <1991Jan31.215152.15437@chinet.chi.il.us>
Date: 31 Jan 91 21:51:52 GMT
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Organization: Chinet - Chicago Public Access UNIX
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In article <6278@spdcc.SPDCC.COM> rbraun@spdcc.COM (Rich Braun) writes:
>Currently I use a DOS box in my home to, among other things, manage a
>10,000-name mailing list.  Each record is about 300 bytes, so the whole
>thing fits in a bit over 3 megabytes.

>Having just gone on spree throughout the Internet collecting lots of useful
>public-domain software for SysV, I'm now considering taking the plunge and
>installing SysV at home.  This means replacing all my DOS software with Unix
>lookalikes, and I've accomplished that except for the database stuff.

>All I need is relatively simple data entry, sorting, searching, and printing
>capabilities; I don't need a $500 FoxBase or Paradox package.

>Any recommendations on low-cost or no-cost database software for SysV?

There was something called "cardfile" that might work that was posted
sometime in October to one of the source groups.

However, if you already have a certain amount of time and money invested
in DOS and your machine is going to be a '386, why not get VP/ix or
Merge and continue to run DOS as a unix task?  I have reservations about
this approach in a multiuser environment, but for a personal machine
it works great and also maintains your ability to handle all your old
archive files without having to convert everything for the new environment.

Les Mikesell
  les@chinet.chi.il.us