Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!mailrus!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!unisoft!gethen!isaac 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 Lines: 28 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.