Nothing wrong with Superfile, until we upgraded to XP I had a working
copy of the Avon Database, I suspect with a tweak I could get it working
again.
Without Superfile I would not have met Vince or ended up working in Yate
- I knew there was something wrong with the train of thought!
David Evans
Historic Environment Record Officer
(Postal Address)
Strategic Planning Policy & Specialist Advice
Department of Environment and Community Services
PO Box 2081
The Council Offices, Castle Street
Thornbury
South Gloucestershire
BS35 9BP
Phone: 01454 863649
fax: 01454 864473
-----Original Message-----
From: Issues related to Historic Environment Records
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Chris Webster
Sent: 20 March 2012 17:00
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Subject: HERstory
I've recently come across the following report that dates the
computerisation of the Somerset HER to 1983. It comes from the Bulletin
of the Somerset Industrial Archaeology Society (SIAS) hence the
industrial bent. I believe that the machine itself may reside in the
basement of County Hall in the heap of old equipment that IT used to
keep to read old disks. It was one of the first desktop computers in the
authority.
"The County Council Planning Department has recently installed a mini
computer for use with the Sites and Structures Record of archaeological
sites and buildings. Over the next two to three years all the data
currently held on record sheets will be transferred to the machine. It
will then be possible to retrieve information in a whole variety of ways
(e.g. by type, date, parish, land use, etc) giving archaeological
research in the County a powerful new tool.
A temporary archaeological post, funded by the Department of the
Environment, has been created to do the work under the watchful eye of
Dr Ian Burrow, the County's Field Archaeologist. For the technical
minded the computer is an Interdec Superbrain II with two drives for
5-inch diskettes.
Many of the entries already transferred reflect the work of S.I.A.S.
members, e.g. information about corn mills supplied by Derrick Warren or
about limekilns by Tony Ward. A few weeks ago Brian Murless was able to
view the
machine in action and noted the simple way in which entries can be
corrected and updated."
Chris Webster
Historic Environment Record
Somerset County Council
Somerset Heritage Centre
Brunel Way
Taunton
TA2 6SF
01823 347434
Online HER: www.somerset.gov.uk/her
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