30 Jun
1998
30 Jun
'98
4 a.m.
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