Re: Database details

[jerbidoc@jaws.greatwhite.com (jerry and judy)]

count me in Tim:
I've got a slew of music DBs but yours sounds great!  more polished than
the compilations of what I've typed or scanned over the years.

I'd add the date of the composition, if known
there can't be too much detail for most collectors
maybe add a few blank fields for the user?

let me know more -- Jerry



> Who says Macs are too slow?

speeds of 533-megahertz!!

10/17 15:19-DJ: Apple-Funded Firm Touts Chip As Being Twice As Fast As Intel

   NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- A chip design start-up company partly funded by Apple
Computer Inc. has developed a microprocessor that's twice as fast as the Intel
Corp. chips that power computers built by Apple's rivals, executives said
Thursday.
   Exponential Technology Inc. said the X704 chips could serve as the brains of
personal computers such as Apple's flagship Macintosh. It said the chips will
be available in mid-1997. Apple plans to use the Exponential chips in its
machines, as do Mac cloneers such as Power Computer Corp.
   The Exponential chips could be a key pillar of Apple's strategy to
distinguish itself from the world of personal computers built around Intel
chips and Microsoft Corp. operating-system software.
   Richard Shriner, chief executive of closely-held Exponential, said the chips
run at speeds of 533-megahertz. He also said Exponential will roll out new,
faster chips "on a yearly basis." "Our architecture is simple and it will have
a lot of room to improve," he said.
   Intel, whose microprocessors are in nearly 90% of all PCs, will have chips
barely half the speed of Exponential's 533-megahertz inaugural model by
mid-1997, analysts estimate. But skeptics question how much fast chips can help
Apple regain lost ground from the Microsoft and Intel duopoly.
   Linley Gwennap, senior analyst at Micro Design Resources Inc., a market
research firm, said the X704 would have been a much better technological coup
had it appeared this year. "It's going to be hard for Exponential to stay twice
as fast as Intel," Gwennap said.
   Exponential said its chip also will work in machines based on the Power PC
chip designed jointly by Apple, Motorola Inc. and International Business
Machines Corp. The Power PC consortium will release its fastest chip, a
240-megahertz 603e, on Monday. The alliance will release a new G3 family of
chips next year, but it has not said whether it can come anywhere near the
performance of Exponential's chips.
   Earlier this year, Exponential received a license from the alliance to
develop Power PC-compatible chips and as a result it has been closely working
with the partners to test its work, Exponential said.
   Exponential uses an unusual manufacturing technology, BiCMOS, which combines
the high speed and low power characteristics of two separate kinds of
factories. Most chip makers, including Intel, use a standard CMOS factory.
Shriner would not identify Exponential's manufacturing partner, other than to
say it was a top-ten chip maker.
   The drawback of Exponential's approach is that its chips generate
considerable heat and may not be able to be used in tight spaces such as
portable computers. They have to be specially designed into desktop computers
to avoid overheating.
   George Taylor, co-founder and chief technology officer of Exponential, said
the specially designed computers might cost $30 more than an average system.
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