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Re: Retro computer collection management database recommendations sought

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TheJ wrote:
> europlus wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I've struggled for some time with trying to flesh out some sort of
>> collection-management database system. After a couple of successful
>> gatherings at my place and realising I need a better handle on what I
>> have,
>> I've decided to start looking into this again.
>> 
> 
> I too have had this desire and also don't the time to do it. I'm an entry
> level database guy. I make FileMaker DBs as my day job but I'm self taught
> and really not up to making something that high performance.
> 
> I would love to see something that's open to the Internet at large so a
> COLLECTIVE view of the state of teh Apple 2 community was possible.
> 
> I have shared this with someone who definitely has teh knowhow to pull it
> off.
> I will leave it to him to comment if he wishes.

OK, so I too have my own database of Apple equipment and I found a good
solution was just to give a lot of this old equipment and software away. ;-)
(only half way joking, but seriously, I have been downsizing since fall
2014)

Anyway, I have two systems. One is for everything, and it has a serial
number, name, price, date received, and description fields (and some others
too that I can't remember now). This is a MySQL database and I use
phpMyAdmin as the frontend.

The other system is for all printed matter: books, magazines, manuals. This
is *far* more elaborate as it is an unfinished system for Mac GUI Vault
(which I hope to finish, maybe in 2016).

I would be happy to share the database schema for the first system. I regret
that I probably couldn't put forth the time now to make a dedicated
front-end, so my offer is probably not really valuable to you.

-- 
]DF$
The Marina IP stack for Apple II--
http://marina.a2hq.com/

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Retro computer collection management database recommendations sought europlus <europlus@mcnamaras.id.au> - 2015-07-19 10:39 +0000
  Re: Retro computer collection management database recommendations sought TheJ <thej@shaw.ca> - 2015-07-19 14:53 +0000
    Re: Retro computer collection management database recommendations sought D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com> - 2015-07-21 23:55 +0000
      Re: Retro computer collection management database recommendations sought TheJ <thej@shaw.ca> - 2015-07-22 19:54 +0000
        Re: Retro computer collection management database recommendations sought a2retro <a2retrosystems@gmail.com> - 2015-07-22 21:20 -0700
          Re: Retro computer collection management database recommendations sought Helpful Harry <HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com> - 2015-07-23 18:21 +1200
            Re: Retro computer collection management database recommendations sought a2retro <a2retrosystems@gmail.com> - 2015-07-23 15:25 -0700
              Re: Retro computer collection management database recommendations sought Helpful Harry <HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com> - 2015-07-24 18:18 +1200
        Re: Retro computer collection management database recommendations sought D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com> - 2015-07-23 23:14 +0000
          My database schema, was Re: Retro computer collection... D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com> - 2015-07-25 17:01 +0000
            Re: My database schema, was Re: Retro computer collection... Helpful Harry <HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com> - 2015-07-26 10:42 +1200
  Re: Retro computer collection management database recommendations sought Helpful Harry <HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com> - 2015-07-20 13:57 +1200
    Re: Retro computer collection management database recommendations sought europlus <europlus@mcnamaras.id.au> - 2015-07-30 07:24 +1000
      Re: Retro computer collection management database recommendations sought Helpful Harry <HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com> - 2015-07-30 14:09 +1200
        Re: Retro computer collection management database recommendations sought europlus <europlus@mcnamaras.id.au> - 2015-07-30 15:57 +1000

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