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- Instant Recall is a free-form, memory-resident database program for the
- IBM PC. It is distributed as shareware. A fully functional version
- (but limited to 80k bytes of data access) is available on CompuServe
- (GO IBMSW, browse in data library 0 for keyword "instant").
-
- Because Instant Recall is always available you can use it to store all
- the bits and pieces of information you need throughout the day. It
- doesn't get in the way of your work-flow or your other programs.
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- Everybody's set of data is different, so the listing of example uses
- that follows is only a suggestion. You might think of Instant Recall as
- an electronic "file cabinet". Note that because Instant Recall
- indexes every word in every record, you don't need to worry about the
- organization of the records. You can store many different kinds of data
- into the database without them getting mixed up. This is one of the key
- features of Instant Recall; it simultaneously handles many different
- kinds of data.
-
- Certainly you'll come up with many more uses for Instant Recall. We'd
- appreciate if you'd send a short note to us telling us about them. Also
- feel free to send any other comments. Thanks.
-
- Michael Fremont
- Precept
- 3790 El Camino Real, Suite 173
- Palo Alto CA 94306
- 415/598-2481
-
- CompuServe 76337,32
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- ir uses: lawyers
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- time billing records
- telephone notes
- case notes
- court date/legal due date/meeting reminders
- bibliography
- law reference information
- client address book
- business and associate address book
- calendar
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- ir uses: accountants
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- tax law reference information
- tax rules
- tax tables
- client address book
- IRS and business contact addresses
- meeting reminders
- case notes
- time billing records
- calendar
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- ir uses: salesmen
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- customer address book
- client information
- product pricing and delivery information
- client call/meeting reminders
- trade show information (dates, reservations, etc.)
- business expense records
- calendar
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- ir uses: programmers
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- You can use Instant Recall to keep information about programs you're
- developing. Much of this information is usually lying around your desk
- and in notebooks; it's much easier to get when in Instant Recall. You
- can also save much-used information from some of your reference books
- into Instant Recall; your desk will be less burdened with books, and you
- won't have to root around in them all the time.
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- proc call and interrupt conventions
- proc definitions and assumptions
- BIOS and DOS call and interrupts
- program documentation
- notes about variables and variable relationships
- bug report notes
- version release notes
- list of possible/planned program enhancements
- calendar
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- ir uses: educators
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- lecture notes
- student progress and grade notes
- appointment/meeting reminders
- research notes
- test problem storage (keep a library of problems for use in future tests)
- bibliography
- calendar
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- ir uses: students
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- homework and test date reminders
- course notes (e.g., index cards)
- bibliography
- calendar
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- ir uses: retailers
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- employee records (home address, ssn, etc.)
- supplier address book
- customer address book
- product information (supplier, price, colors)
- order/delivery deadline reminders
- calendar
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- ir uses: stockbrokers
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- client address book
- client information (investing style, holdings, $)
- company profiles
- bibliography to reference reports, investment information
- calendar
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- ir uses: financial analysts
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- company profiles
- to-do lists
- meeting/report due date reminders
- key spreadsheet data
- spreadsheet notes
- model assumptions
- research notes
- bibliography
- professional address book
- calendar
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- ir uses: engineers
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- research notes
- project notes
- meeting reminders
- engineering reference information
- bibliography
- to-do lists
- calendar
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- ir uses: managers
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- employee information (review date, assigned responsibilities, home ph#)
- project notes (problems, goals, key information)
- meeting notes
- telephone notes
- address book
- to-do lists
- budgeting information (model notes)
- report/research notes
- calendar
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- ir uses: doctors
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- patient information (vitals, brief medical history)
- meeting reminders
- professional meeting information (date, location, flight)
- address book
- key drug information (side-effects, uses, dosages, interactions)
- examination notes
- to-do lists
- bibliography
- calendar
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- ir uses: general
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- add note to a word processor document or spreadsheet cell
- multiple to do lists
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- IR Uses: Trainers
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- Store 'help' or instruction records for the students to access as
- they are needed (e.g., while they are learning how to use Lotus 1-2-3
- (tm) etc.)
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- at college
- in companies
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- ir uses: editors
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- editorial calendar (theirs)
- editorial calendar (competition)
- article assignments/due dates
- article notes
- company/product sheets (...can search for all products of certain type...)
- company/people sheets
- article index (back-issues)
- address book
- appointment calendar
- to-do lists
- file cabinet index
- reference information
- bulletin board numbers
- bibliography
- SRDS info