True, and that thought does go along with my (and others) comment about using
MS Works.  it's cheap and will run on Win3.1 like a champ. just so long as you
can find and older copy, the current version will not work on win 3.1.  the
place to look would a new/used computer shop or even the discount bin at your
local bookstore. Barnes and Noble always have bins full of older software for
REAL cheap.
also, to quote a good friend of mine (who is a Micorosft Solution Provider by
the way) "The nice thing about paper is that it doesn't have to boot."

Gary Acord
Acord Information Management
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-----Original Message-----
From:   Museum discussion list  On Behalf Of Ruth Bryant Power
Sent:   Monday, May 19, 1997 7:58 PM
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Subject:        Re: request for software info

I agree with most of what Gary said, except, I think anything "paper system"
can be as quickly thought out and accomplished with word processing software
even on a DOS format.  I do believe that Windows, though, is the way to go.
 My caution would be that you can plan and plan, but your database will never
be as complete as someone at your institution would like it to be.

<---Well and truly spoken by an Argus for Windows advocate.

Ruth Bryant Power
Brandywine River Museum