PTBiz update: was Re: PTbiz software (off-topic-help)

[Greg Torres]

Dear list:

For those interested I spoke with Ed Winslow on the phone a couple of days ago
and he said they are working on an updated version of PTBiz that will also do
scheduling. It is written on WIN95 platform (32 bit code) and is expected to be
released (BETA) in a month or so.
He also states as in the previous version that if you have a database already
they should be able to write a conversion program or maybe already have a way to
import your data. He said he was going to send me a beta release as soon as the
help file was completed.
They plan on selling it for $395.00 and BETA testers are entitled to a $100.00
discount for testing the program.

Hope this helps.

Sincerely,
Greg Torres

DGPEAKE wrote:

> In a message dated 98-02-26 12:37:21 EST, you write:
>
> <<
>  Hi Greg & List,
>  PTBiz is a database made specifically for piano technicians that uses a
>  Windows 95 platform.  There is also PianoDB, written by Ken Hale, RPT
>  [kenhale@dcalcoda.com] which uses MS Access and is tailor made for piano
>  technicians.  Like a tuning hammer, or any other tool you may carry with
>  you, what works for one person, may not suit another.
>
>  PTBiz was written by Ed Winslow [ewinslow@iquest.net]when Bob Bussell, RPT
>  [rbussell@iquest.net]asked him if he could put such a program together for
>  use by us.  It's worth your time to check it out.
>
>  I will be covering products like these and many more in my class in
>  Providence in July.  (Gee, that sounded like an advertisement.)  I also will
>  be asking the help of the List, shortly, in completing another survey like
>  last year's which proved to be very revealing interesting.
>
>  Jeannie Grassi
>  Registered Piano Technician
>  Bainbridge Island, WA
>  jgrassi@silverlink.net
>
>  -----Original Message-----
>  Greg Torres wrote:
>  Has anyone else seen or tried the program? I have lost the info sheet
>  with the phone #s to contact the author/company and was wondering if
>  they had implemented this very important feature.
>
>  I have tried a search on the net and found nada. If anyone out there in
>  pianotech cyberspace has any info I would sure appreciate it. Thanks.
>
>  Sincerely,
>  Greg Torres
>
>
>  Can these programs import from other databases in a dbase format, etc?  I
> have over 1300 clients and records to keep.
>
> Dave Peake, RPT
> Portland, OR