> On Fri, 26 Jun 1998, Tony Duell wrote:
>> I've passed an inventory of my collection to some serious collectors in
>> the UK. They know that if I cease to be, they are to find all the
>> machines on that list (at least). The problem is that many of the
>> machines are partially dismantled, and that it's not obvious that the
>> large cardboard box of PCBs downstairs goes with the pile of metal panels
>> in the spare bedroom to make an image processor/display.
> I'm pretty new to the collecting game, but I'm already having trouble
> keeping machines, parts, software, manuals, and releated stuff tractable.
> I've picked-up some barcode reading equipment with the idea that one day
> I'll encode the contents of all of my boxes, and tie it to all together
> with a database that include historical info, condition info, and other
> notes.
> Has anybody already done something like this? If so, can I steal your
> scheme?
Yep - I'm just start to build up my database with a bar code
system as anchor for machine identification and tracking. The
Base equipment is a Apple MessagePad 2000 (best thing ever
build by appe - AND, thanks to SJ now a oop classic :) with
a laser bar code scanner - all machinedate are stored in a
cusom programm.
Maybe I could changee to leverage or a similar standard
database system.
Gruss
H.
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Ich denke, also bin ich, also gut
HRK
Received on Tue Jun 30 1998 - 08:00:49 BST