Date   : Wed, 02 Dec 1987 20:39:00 MST
From   : Larry Armijo <COLSA@SIMTEL20.ARPA>
Subject: SIMTEL20 CPM DATABASE

The  one-line  descriptions  contained  in  the  files  SIMCPM.ARK  or
SIMCPM.IDX with  format as  described in  SIMCPM.INF in  the  SIMTEL20
directory PD1:<CPM.FILEDOCS> are  ideally suited for  DBASE II.   Only
one minor correction is necessary to construct a DBASE II database for
the files: the Description field  mentioned in SIMCPM.INF should be  a
character field of length  40 rather than  30.  After the  appropriate
structure has  been  entered via  the  CREATE command,  the  DBASE  II
command APPEND FROM SIMCPM.IDX DELIMITED loads the database.  The file
SIMCPM.IDX requires only one modification.  The beginning of each line
should be modified by replacing "PD:" by "PD1:".

The full power of DBASE II is now available for searching through  the
CPM archives on SIMTEL20.   Many thanks to  Keith Petersen for  making
this tool available.

Larry