RE: Mapping FT

Tim spake thusly upon matters weighty: 

> >has put over 400 hours into the creation of this database to fit the
GZG
> >universe. It also includes significant features within 1000 light
years
> (planetary
> >nebula) and reference points for galactic clusters and arms.
> >(Unless you have shares in a mainframe it will be of little use).
> 
> Is this actually running on a main-frame then? - can you export the
> database in a suitable form to load into other relational databases
> such as Access or ORACLE (would you want to :-)

Actually, if you could export it as comma delimited or some such, 
then it could be imported into just about anything (access, oracle, 
paradox, dbase, etc.). That would be fabulous.	

> Most modern desktop system have more than enough processing power to
> manipulate thousands of records

For sure. Mainframes really aren't that powerful (at least if they 
are old ones). A P400 might well stomp some of them in many ways, and 
a SMP P400 definitely will.  And a few thousand record, even 10,000, 
could easily be handled by my old 486 with a bit of patience. 

> Just curious.

That makes two of us. This datafile could be a great boon to us with 
database access. 

Tom.  
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