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Main Area and Open Discussion => General Software Discussion => Topic started by: Edvard on June 29, 2006, 07:11 PM
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So i was looking for a stand-alone very (VERY) simple database program that would let me add and organize phone numbers, addresses, etc. and did not want any of the current fashionable PIM's or such. I wanted text in sortable squares with support for simple macros and not a penny more, get my drift? To make a short google search sound even shorter, I ended up at http://tinyapps.org/text.html (http://tinyapps.org/text.html) and looking at their offerings of spreadsheet/database apps....
Hmmm... VisiCalc? (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/esmileys/gen3/1Small/idea.gif) You mean THE VisiCalc? (cobwebs... clearing...) NO WAY!!
Yep, and here's the proof: http://www.bricklin.com/history/vcexecutable.htm
...and the story behind it: http://static.userland.com/userLandDiscussArchive/msg008583.html
...and reaction to such a singularly cool event: http://www.bricklin.com/history/vcpostingreactions.htm
Seems others have followed suit and authors of groundbreaking software of yesteryear have re-acquired distribution rights to the fruits of their labors, check it out: http://www.bricklin.com/history/othersites.htm
Maybe some of you's know of similar efforts and would like to pass it along...
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Read about your need for the low-end phone-book database... I have one that I made a little while ago, using Borland C++ Builder 4.0... If you would like a new one, it would give me something to do in the mean time... All you would have to do, is tell me what ya want (a scope)... I would be very happy to help out!
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Thanks for the offer Renox, but the more I looked into it, the more I realized I needed something simpler. After learning a few things about using ini files with Autohotkey, I came up with something that perfectly suited my needs. Something Quick and Dirty... http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=86821#86821