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- *************************** CLASSICAL RECORD INDEX ***************************
- *********************** 7 Star version ***********************
- ********************* June 1991 ********************
- ****************** *****************
- ************** Anastasios C. Kotsikonas **************
- *********** 15 Walbridge St. #37 ***********
- ******** Boston, MA 02134, USA ********
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- Important note:
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- This is a demo version; the maximum size of any database is restricted to
- 10 composers. If you like the program, please complete the registration form
- and send it with a cheque for US $20 made out to "Anastasios Kotsikonas" to
- the above address.
-
- I will then send you the unrestricted version. Currently, I can only provide
- 5.25 inch disks.
-
- You may copy and distribute this demo set of programs freely.
-
- You may not copy or distribute the official version that you will receive.
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- This is an LP/CD/cassette cataloging system. It is custom made for classical
- music, but can be used for any kind of music. It indexes by composer name
- (or artist name if you prefer) using B+ tree database indexing for fast I/O.
- There is no specific limit on the size of the database other than the physical
- disk size. Applications are provided for backing up the database and recovering
- from a crash. Manual pages are accessible by yet another application and
- on-line. A mechanism is also provided for overriding the system's default
- definitions, thus enabling the system to do any type of cataloging.
- Included are the following:
-
- - read.me: this file.
- - records3.exe: the main application for indexing; features include
- listing of all composer names, listing of an individual
- composer's compositions, easy editing, predefined
- and user-defined strings, multiple keyword searching
- with wild characters, automatic redisplay of the last
- listing and/or keyword search, escaping to the shell,
- on-line availability of the manual (see below), case
- sensitive help, and a terminate-and-stay-resident
- capability with a hot-key activation.
- The number of composers it can handle is unlimited,
- but for each composer there is a maximum of fifty
- compositions that can be stored; in addition, for each
- composition only an orchestra, a conductor, a label and
- a comment may be specified.
- - dbcopy.exe: copy the database out to another disk; used to backup
- a database; it can split a large database (e.g. on a
- hard disk) to smaller ones (e.g. on floppy disks) as
- standalone databases, or merge individual databases
- to a larger one (reverse procedure).
- - dbrecovr.exe: utility to rebuild a corrupted index file from the
- database itself; if the database itself is corrupted
- there is no hope.
- - man.exe: utility that reads, displays and walks through a manual
- page.
- - records3.man,
- dbcopy.man,
- dbrecovr.man: the main utilities' manual pages; to be used with the
- man program.
- - predef.dat: place to put your own definitions overriding the system
- defaults; the one provided is pretty self-explanatory.
-
- All of the main utilities make use of environment variables for easier use.