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PSI 2.3 / July 5, 1992
Personal System for Information Management and Retrieval
Since 1989, PSI (pronounced “psee”) has had a small but enthusia-
stic user community - and now there is PSI version 2.3. This ver-
sion has been improved in various ways, from a slicker interface
to additional features such as hierarchical descriptors and more
powerful retrieval.
But PSI is still a handy system for the management and retrieval
of your personal data, be it addresses, CD collections, or biblio-
graphic references. It is intended for the non-commercial user.
It may not be as full-fledged as some data-base systems, but has
many features that you won’t find in most commercial systems. Also,
you may find it easier to set up and faster to use, especially once
you grasped the idea. (Try the sample sessions!) PSI is comparably
small, versatile, and useful for a broad range of data. Indexing
with descriptors makes searching for the data you need fast, and
the interface to other data-base formats (import and export) is
quite powerful.
PSI is shareware. Give it a try - and if you decide to use it,
please register and send $20 to one of the addresses given in the
documentation. (Site-license rates are available.) Feel free to
copy PSI and give it to other Macintosh users. Always include the
original documents.
With the unregistered version, you cannot add cards to files with
30 or more cards. With your registration, you get an upgrade by
e-mail.
* Documentation with introductions and sample sessions as well as
context-sensitive on-line help are available. (“About PSI” is the
main documentation; “PSI Help” contains the on-line help.)
Several examples and templates accompany the application to give
you an idea about the possibilities of PSI.
* Changes since version 2.2:
- The find selection dialog can show either the first or the first
two field values of the found cards.
- File manipulation is now in menu “File” for both PSI and text files.
- The import of numbers is done correctly.
- PSI needs less run-time memory.
* Changes since version 2.0:
- Windows adapt better to small screens.
- The “Fonts” menu shows the font of the active text window.
- Export procedures can define font information (type, size and face).
- The export/import definition window allows for long procedures
* Some changes since version 1.0:
- Descriptors can be grouped.
- Retrieval can be controlled with connectives AND, OR and NOT.
- Export and import procedures can be switched via menus.
- Card-to-card references (links) are supported (HyperPSI?).
- Color is used to highlight text.
- New examples, sample sessions and templates are provided.
PSI is not 32-bit clean.
Your Mac should have at least 2MB of main memory. (If only 1MB is available,
PSI may still run under System 6 without MultiFinder.)
If you have questions, send me e- or p-mail.
I will not answer to phone calls.
Markus P.J. Fromherz
255 S. Rengstorff Av. #180
Mountain View, CA 94040
<fromherz@parc.xerox.com>