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From: isaac@gethen.UUCP (Isaac Rabinovitch)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Looking for TSR DB...
Summary: Instant Recall
Keywords: Database, TSR, etc.
Message-ID: <963@gethen.UUCP>
Date: 26 Jun 88 21:29:09 GMT
References: <4553@killer.UUCP>
Organization: There's Unix there in Oakland
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In article <4553@killer.UUCP>, robertl@killer.UUCP (Robert Lord) writes:
> I don't write, I scrible.  You know, that wonderfull thing everone calls
> shorthand and is only readable by the author...Well, this author can't
> even read his own!
> 
> Anyways, what I am looking for is a TSR Database type program which will 
> allow me to keep notes and stuff all in one file in a Btree type format.
> I want to be able to type in a subject line then type all sorts of info
> on that subject, then be able to FIND it again.

You should try to find a copy of the shareware TSR Instant Recall.
I don't use it myself because I need something more structured, but I
played with it a while and I'll bet it's exactly what you need.  The
database consists of a series of notecard-like records, with no
formatting or fields of any sort.  The indexing mechanism knows about
*every* word in every record, and you can do complicated boolean
searches if you need to -- but the search mechanism is deliberately
fuzzy so you don't have to be too precise about what you're looking
for.

The one problem with Instant Recall is that the author seems to have
left the shareware business, and there's no one to send a registration
fee to to get the limitations on the evalualtion version removed.  But
Brodurbrund has been selling something called MemoryMate which looks
suspiciously similar to Instant Recall -- perhaps they bought it from
the original author.  I've seen it in various Software stores (list
$70), or you can get it direct from Broderbrund by calling 800-527-6263.
They also have a demo version for $6.