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From: ROBIN
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 1986 15:22

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I am currently involved with a project for a historical organization which 
involves creating a database pertaining to industrial equipment, i.e.
locomotives of one manufacturer.
There are approximately 2800 engines, with about 900 characters of
data per engine.  I'm looking for a commercial database package which will
allow easy data entry, correction and addition and also allow complex
search/sort algorithms to be used (an example:which engines worked in
W.Va. in 1900-1904 in Raleigh county and were equipped with
12"x15" cylindes and built for 42" gauge track?)

Any thoughts or recommendations would be appreciated.  I've been considering
Dbase III+, but I'm not committed and am open to suggestion.

Hardware will be:  PC-AT running at 10Mhz, w/80287
                   3.5M RAM, 40M Seagate hard disk
                   DOS 3.1

Any thoughts, opinions or ideas would be helpful.  I'll post summary to net
if there is sufficient interest.

Max S. Robin
AT&T Bell Laboratories
Rm 3E-318A
Whippany, NJ 07981
email:whuts!2212msr or whuxg!2212msr
voice:201-386-6865

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