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From: gas@ecsvax.uncecs.edu (Guerry A. Semones)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Looking for TSR DB...
Summary: Instant Recall -> memory resident DB
Keywords: Database, TSR, etc.
Message-ID: <5330@ecsvax.uncecs.edu>
Date: 30 Jun 88 16:02:03 GMT
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Organization: UNC Educational Computing Service
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     Instant Recall is a memory resident free-form database (it can
be ran from the DOS prompt and not be made resident).  By free-form,
I mean that the DB has no structure.  When you load IR, you get an
empty window or record.  There is also a menu line at the top or bottom,
of the screen (I can't recall).  The empty window/record is very much
like a word processor.  You enter information in whatever way you like.
It is not structured like a regular database.  You could in essence
call it a "hyperdata" type of system.  Each free-form record stands
alone and you create a database of these free-form records and can 
search for text throughout the database.  Pop in a line on a record
that says "Change oil in car in June 1988" and later search the 
database for "oil" and "car" and you get all records that have those
words in them.  It received numerous reviews in the PC Mags, most 
principally the series on databases from PC Magazine.  A friend of 
mine uses it in his department to manage textual histories of various
artists and works of art (I believe thats the application).
     If a free-form database that's memory resident is what you need,
this might bear looking at.

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