Name......... askSam, version 3 Match 2 of 48 [12/04/87] 様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様 In brief..... Noteworthy! -- both freeform and structured, fast/easy Class/chars.. single-file manager, freeform (not fields in records), menu-driven, command-driven, stores command sequences (macros), variable-length fields, import/export of data Manufacturer. Seaside Software Phone....... 800-3-asksam PO Box 31 Perry, FL 32347 List price........ $ 199.95 Max. record size.... 1600 Systems...... PC-DOS Max. no. flds....... >= 9999 Evaluation... Records to 20 lines long, can then link records. Search with Boolean operators, wildcards. Macros. Words/phrases can be treated as fields (implied/explicit/contextual) to add/update/compute. Easy to begin,hard to fully master. Compare with DayFlo Tracker Citations.... InfoWorld 9(16):59-62. 20 Apr 1987. PC Week 3(4):97,100-101. 28 Jan 1986. Name......... DataFax Match 5 of 48 [01/01/80] 様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様 In brief..... p-system, freeform text Class/chars.. freeform (not fields in records), indexes most/all words, menu-driven, variable-length records, import/export of data Manufacturer. Link Systems Phone....... 213-435-1851 1640 19th St. Sanata Monica, CA 90404 List price........ $ 299.00 Max. record size.... >= 99999 Systems...... Apple II, Apple III, MS-DOS Max. no. flds....... -- Evaluation... Great manuals, suggestive. Boolean/range searches of indexed keywords (can assign 60-100) possible. Unstructured information is suit. Can sort on keywords. Integral text editor. Max. record size 1/2 megabyte. Req. p-system Citations.... Bernard Cole, Beyond Word Proc. 73-86. InfoWorld 5(17):42. 25 Apr 1983. Name......... DayFlo Tracker Match 6 of 48 [09/18/87] 様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様 In brief..... Noteworthy! -- both field orientation w/ text indexing Class/chars.. single-file manager, freeform (not fields in records), indexes most/all words, menu-driven, stores command sequences (macros), variable-length fields, import/export of data Manufacturer. DayFlo Software Corp. Phone....... 714-474-0229 17701 Mitchell Ave. North Irvine, CA 92714 List price........ $ 149.95 Max. record size.... 32000 Systems...... PC-DOS Max. no. flds....... >= 9999 Evaluation... File manager allows records with different record formats in same file. Maximum record of 32,000 characters. Maintains indexes on all text in specified fields. Context-sensitive help. WP functions: cut/paste, bold/underline. Strong mail merge. Weak docs. Citations.... PC Week 4(25):83,89,92. 23 June 1987. InfoWorld 9(23):41-43. 8 June 1987. Name......... HomeBase 3.0 Match 20 of 48 [03/10/87] 様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様 In brief..... Noteworthy! -- desktop organizer incl. info. mngmnt. Class/chars.. single-file manager, freeform (not fields in records), menu-driven, variable-length fields, import/export of data Manufacturer. Brown Bag Software Phone....... 800-523-0764 2105 S. Bascom Ave, #164 Campbell, CA 95008 List price........ $ 69.95 Max. record size.... -- Systems...... MS-DOS Max. no. flds....... -- Evaluation... Midst many memory-resident desktop utilities (e-mail, calendar, calculator, comm., cut-and-paste, address book...) is ability to make freeform or indexed/structured files (to 400 records). Much functionality for $, but need much memory, hard disk. Citations.... InfoWorld 8(33):46-47. 18 Aug 1986. PC Magazine 5(3):149-153. 11 Feb 1986. Name......... Instant Recall, version 1.60 Match 25 of 48 [10/10/87] 様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様 In brief..... Noteworthy! -- textual, fast shareware searcher Class/chars.. freeform (not fields in records), indexes most/all words, variable-length records, limited by RAM size, import/export of data Manufacturer. Precept Phone....... 415-698-2481 3790 El Camino Real, Ste. 173 Palo Alto, CA 94306 List price........ $ 69.00 Max. record size.... 4800 Systems...... PC-DOS Max. no. flds....... -- Evaluation... Store data freeform, it indexes every word, you search by any word or Boolean combination (cf. AskSAM). Can operate as memory-resident tool (popping in and out). Easy use. Fast: search 110 k/second. Consumes 70k RAM. Now being marketed as Memory Mate. Citations.... InfoWorld 8(18):23. 12 May 1986. PC Week 3(22):89,100-101. 3 June 1986. Name......... MemoryMate Match 28 of 48 [10/10/87] 様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様 In brief..... quick/easy, memory resident text indexer Class/chars.. freeform (not fields in records), indexes most/all words, menu-driven, variable-length records, limited by RAM size, import/export of data Manufacturer. Broderbund Software Phone....... 415-492-3500 17 Paul St. San Rafael, CA 94903 List price........ $ 69.95 Max. record size.... 4800 Systems...... PC-DOS Max. no. flds....... -- Evaluation... Instant Recall (TSR/memory resident shareware) updated. Indexes all words, search with Boolean logic (though w/o NOT), able to reselect (NARROW) for smaller set. Copy from screen when memory resident. Limited to 1 Memory Mate file/disk, 2 megabytes. Citations.... InfoWorld 9(33):43. 17 Aug 1987. PC Week 4(34):87,99. 25 Aug 1987. Name......... Nota Bene version 2.1 Match 30 of 48 [09/18/87] 様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様 In brief..... 1st class word process AND text-base Class/chars.. bibliographic indexing, integrated software, freeform (not fields in records), indexes most/all words, menu-driven, command-driven, variable-length records, import/export of data Manufacturer. Dragonfly Software Phone....... 718-624-0127 409 Fulton St., Ste. 202 Brooklyn, NY 11201 List price........ $ 500.00 Max. record size.... >= 99999 Systems...... MS-DOS Max. no. flds....... -- Evaluation... Endorsed by Modern Lang. Assn. FAST word processor XyWrite III loosely integrated w/ text-base manager FYI 3000 (both 1st rate), w/ added footnoting, index creation, bib, style options, use of foreign chars. Unfortunate need to TOTAL reindex when change. Citations.... PC World 4(3):196-202. Mar 1986. InfoWorld 9(32):53,55. 10 Aug 1987. Name......... SquareNote Match 37 of 48 [03/13/87] 様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様 In brief..... simple to use notetaker, keywords Class/chars.. freeform (not fields in records), indexes most/all words, variable-length records, import/export of data Manufacturer. Union Squareware Phone....... 617-623-3023 P.O. Box 228 Somerville, MA 02143 List price........ $ 69.95 Max. record size.... 36000 Systems...... PC-DOS Max. no. flds....... -- Evaluation... Records to 500 lines consist of three optional sections: header, keywords, and body. Keywords are indexed, rapid retrieval, using Boolean search on keywords. Other searches are simply string searches. Citations.... PC Magazine 5(20):222-223. 25 Nov 1986. Max. no. flds....... -