[Papyrus-L] Future Papyrus

[Carlos Caceres]

One of the recent e-mails made me realise how dependent I am on the Papyrus
number.
If anybody founds an alternative program that can incorporate this number
somehow, please make it public.
Hope Dave changes his mind.
Regards,

Carlos Caceres

Dr Carlos H. Caceres   | http://www.minmet.uq.edu.au/~ccaceres
Senior Lecturer in Casting Technology
Department of Mining, Minerals and Materials Engineering
The University of Queensland
Brisbane QLD 4072 Australia


Email: c.caceres at minmet.uq.edu.au

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jean-francois Royer" <jean-francois.royer at meteo.fr>
To: <papyrus-l at rsd.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 4:31 PM
Subject: Re: Betreft: Re: [Papyrus-L] Future Papyrus


> Dave and fellow Papyrus users,
>
> I fully agree with Andrew McLachland's suggestion, and would in fact
> be rather happy to be able to switch to Linux if a Linux version of the
retriever
> were available, and occasionally start a DOS session when updating of the
> database is needed.
>
> >
> > Hi All
> >
> > I too am saddened by Dave's announcement.
> >
> > Regarding Windows, Linux etc. versions, I have often wondered whether
> > it would be possible to develop a native Windows (or Linux) front-end
> > that acts much like PAP_RES does in DOS. That is, just does simple
> > searches (or even more complex searches) and then allows pasting into
> > a document. A native Win32 program would eliminate some of the
> > difficulties of upgrading to WinNT, Win2k etc. It would seem that a
> > program that can read and search a Papyrus database would be
> > relatively simple to create compared to a Windows/Linux version with
> > new features etc..
> >
> > The excellent Papyrus DOS program would remain for creating and
> > editing the database (albeit with some of the problems mentioned by
> > earlier correspondents).
> >
> > Does this sound feasible, or a workable solution to keeping Papyrus
> > useable for a few more years?
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > --
> > Andrew McLachlan,  PhD.  <MCLACHLA at lincoln.ac.nz>
> > Ecology & Entomology Group,  P.O. Box 84,  Lincoln University,
> > Canterbury,  New Zealand.  ph. +64 3 325-2811, fax. +64 3 325-3844.
> >
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>
> regards
>
> Jean-Francois
>
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