Dear all,
Superfile gets a mention in the section 'How and why did SMRs and HERs develop' in IFP2, section A.2 (http://www.ifp-plus.info/Part_A.htm#A.2).
All the best
Sarah
Sarah MacLean
Heritage Information Partnerships Supervisor
English Heritage
Designations Department
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From: Issues related to Historic Environment Records [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Vince Russett
Sent: 21 March 2012 07:58
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Subject: Re: HERstory
Morning chums (and Chris)
Avon started with a Sirius in 1984: a 20Mb hard disc for it cost £2000. Does anyone remember that rubbish software called Superfile that a lot of SMRs used? Famed for its ability to repeatedly crash when using the down cursor... I learned Assembler just to tame it for the Avon SMR.
Oddly, our early SMR was also full of industrial stuff: it must have been the times.
Vince
Vince Russett
County Archaeologist
Development Management Group
North Somerset Council
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From: Issues related to Historic Environment Records [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Wise, Julia
Sent: 20 March 2012 17:11
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Subject: Re: HERstory
Wow...'Interdec Superbrain II with two drives'...Fantastic!
Does anyone else remember using 'Samson' and 'Delilah' software?
Julia
Julia Wise
Historic Environment Record Officer
County Archaeological Service
Planning, Environment & Development
Buckinghamshire County Council
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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
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