Tue, 20 Sep 1994 05:04:14 -0700 for Date: Tue, 20 Sep 1994 08:04:10 -0400 (EDT) From: James Cassell Subject: Re: Scientific database To: Peper@soc.frg.eur.nl You might take a look at askSam, from askSam Systems, P.O. Box 1428, Perry, FL 32347, Sales: 800/800-1997, Fax 904-584-7481 It comes in DOS and Windoz versions. Ver. 2 of the Windoze version has just been released--it will directly read/write word perfect 6.0 files. (At least that's the claim--my update hasn't arrived yet.) The new windows version is much easier to use than the older DOS version. I've been using Win. ver.1 for several months now and am guite pleased with it. I'm not sure what the price might be in Europe, but I bought askSam for Windows vers. 1 for around $215.00 from a software mail-order outfit. (Check the ads in PC Magazine, Computer Shoper or other trade rags.) Disclaimer: I'm just a satisfied user of askSam, not a shill for them. A small nitpit: the term "scientific database" usually refers to software designed for high-precision numeric data (eg. stores stuff in many digits). "Textual" or " free-text" is more often used for the application you're describing. Good luck, Jim ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Jim Cassell jwcassell@UNC.EDU Institute for Research in Social Science Phone: 919-962-0782 University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Fax: 919-962-4777 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3355 USA