David, You'll be amazed at how much these little things can hold. My Palm III has only 2 MB and I have over 3 years worth of data in it and there is still plenty of room. The technology has changed so quickly that I have upgraded my hand-held once already since my first one over three years ago. Pendragon Forms is a third party program that allows you to use your current Access database, or make up a new one. You can fill in the data on your Palm unit and then Hot Sync it to your Access program on your desktop via Pendragon Forms. You can check it out at www.pendragon-software.com. See what you think. jeannie -----Original Message----- From: owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]On Behalf Of David Ilvedson Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2000 9:28 AM To: pianotech@ptg.org Subject: RE: Quality in Pianos Hi Jeannie, I have only 2 megs of ram and I'm concerned I'll have a problem with this down the road. I am thinking of returning it getting the one 8 megs. I'm always interested in databases, so fill me in on Pendragon. I Like the name. I do have Access in Office 2000 and I have tried PianoDB which uses Access but it isn't intuitive. David I. -----Original Message----- From: owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]On Behalf Of Jeannie Grassi Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2000 8:20 AM To: pianotech@ptg.org Subject: RE: Quality in Pianos Hi David, Thanks for being so patient with my response about database use with your new Palm device. I use Pendragon Forms and Access. However, while I was creating the database of my dreams (still not there yet) I just used the Palm desktop program. It works really well and simply with a search engine that allows you to look up names or piano makes or streets or any word that is in your Palm. In the appointment section I fill in the name, phone and address of the client. Then for notes or a running log of previous work I go to details and notes and either enter new info or add to what I have filled in from the last time. I can schedule automatic reminders or repeated dates, if you do reminders or if you just want to remind yourself. I found it has worked much better than I had expected. I carry more than three years' worth of data with me. Your desktop PC is an automatic backup and vice versa. I'd be glad to share more if you like. And explain about Pendragon Forms if you use Access. Time and Chaos is a program Jim Harvey has used and gives it high marks. I tried it, but visually I didn't like it. Good luck. jeannie -----Original Message----- From: owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]On Behalf Of David Ilvedson Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2000 5:49 PM To: pianotech@ptg.org Subject: RE: Quality in Pianos I have been using Pegasus Mail which is a free download from their site...use your browser. I like but am now using...groan...Outlook 2000 for my e-mail. By the way I am using Time & Chaos for the time being, even bought and the hotsync add-on for my Palm. I like it! Much less complicated than Outlook. David I. -----Original Message----- From: owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]On Behalf Of Ron Nossaman Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2000 1:47 PM To: pianotech@ptg.org Subject: Re: Quality in Pianos >John Ross wrote: > >> ÿþ< > >I get this thing several times from different users.. What causes this >glitch, anybody know ?? Yea, I know what it is, and I've posted about it before. The posts of Patricia Neely, Low Sye Yuan, and John Ross were all unreadable and all have the magic words in the header - Microsoft Outlook Express. Note please, that no other mail management programs seem to do this, but it is EXTREMELY common with Outlook. Following the tenuous chain of observed evidence would seem to indicate that the above participants should consider downloading Eudora Light from Qualcomm, or something else that works since Outlook apparently does not. We aim to serve... and volley. Ron N
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