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In reply to #7102 Traveller computer documentation and indexing by Roger Sanger
> Bundle: 566 > Archive-Message-Number: 7102 > Date: Wed, 30 Mar 1994 14:01:32 -0800 > From: [email removed] (Roger Sanger) > Subject: Traveller computer documentation and indexing > > > To: [email removed] (Goldman of Chaos -- postmaster CRI-US) > > ------------------------------ > Criss-crossing Traveller > (and just about anything else) > ------------------------------ > > Dear Matt: > > You posted the following on TML: > > >I'm beginning to cross reference all of my Traveller matrial. > > What did you mean by this statement? ARE YOU INDEXING YOUR COLLECTION? Yes. I got the idea from 'The Day the Universe Changed' by James Burke. Cross Referencing was mentioned as a really major leap forward. I've started a very simple key word index for the JoTAS Amber Zone mini-adventures. Here is a sample of what I'm trying to do. 5th Frontier War Rule of Man Commemorative, AZ adventure Adventure 4, Levaithan Rule of Man Commemorative, AZ adventure Aerosol germ bomb Geria Transfer, AZ adventure AZ adventure JoTAS Geria Transfer Rule of Man Commemorative, AZ adventure Soft Bunk, AZ adventure Brnava Curiosities, LIC Rule of Man Commemorative, AZ adventure Coins Rule of Man Commemorative, AZ adventure Cyris, planet Geria Transfer, AZ adventure Cyris Easport, city Geria Transfer, AZ adventure Cyris Westcenter, city Geria Transfer, AZ adventure Freak electrical storm Geria Transfer, AZ adventure Freelance courier Geria Transfer, AZ adventure Gene Engineering Research and Industrial Applications Corporation, GERIA Geria Transfer, AZ adventure Geria Transfer, AZ adventure Cyris, planet Pesek subsector High Speed Rail Network (HSR) Cyris Westcenter, city Freak electrical storm Cyris Easport, city Freelance courier Microbial cultures Gene Engineering Research and Industrial Applications Corporation, GERIA Kjeldahl Metallfabrik, SA Aerosol germ bomb AZ adventure JoTAS #10 High Speed Rail Network (HSR) Geria Transfer, AZ adventure Imperial dissidents Rule of Man Commemorative, AZ adventure Imperial dissident network Rule of Man Commemorative, AZ adventure Imperial Intelligence operatives Rule of Man Commemorative, AZ adventure JoTAS #9 Rule of Man Commemorative, AZ adventure Soft Bunk, AZ adventure JoTAS #10 Geria Transfer, AZ adventure Kjeldahl Metallfabrik, SA Geria Transfer, AZ adventure Lanth, planet Rule of Man Commemorative, AZ adventure Microbial cultures Geria Transfer, AZ adventure Minor alien race Soft Bunk, AZ adventure Monorail train systems Trains Pesek subsector Geria Transfer, AZ adventure Querion garrison battalion Soft Bunk, AZ adventure Rare antiquities Rule of Man Commemorative, AZ adventure Regina, planet Rule of Man Commemorative, AZ adventure Regina Starport Orbital Station Rule of Man Commemorative, AZ adventure Rule of Man Commemorative, AZ adventure Regina Starport Orbital Station Small parcel job 5th Frontier War Rare antiquities Coins Brnava Curiosities, LIC Adventure 4, Levaithan Zhodani names Zhodani spy network Lanth, planet Zhodani Consulate Sword World Confederation Imperial dissidents Imperial dissident network Regina, planet Imperial Intelligence operatives Zhodani underground JoTAS #9 AZ adventure Small parcel job Rule of Man Commemorative, AZ adventure Soft Bunk, AZ adventure Zhodani attack Tionale, planet Vilis subsector Spinward Marches Minor alien race Querion garrison battalion AZ adventure JoTAS #9 Spinward Marches Soft Bunk, AZ adventure Sword World Confederation Rule of Man Commemorative, AZ adventure Tionale, planet Soft Bunk, AZ adventure Trains Monorail train systems High Speed Rail Network (HSR) Vilis subsector Soft Bunk, AZ adventure Zhodani attack Soft Bunk, AZ adventure Zhodani Consulate Rule of Man Commemorative, AZ adventure Zhodani names Rule of Man Commemorative, AZ adventure Zhodani spy network Rule of Man Commemorative, AZ adventure Zhodani underground Rule of Man Commemorative, AZ adventure > > >Does anyone have suggestions about software tools to make this > >task easier? > > The programs MaxThink and Transtext, used in conjunction, can > cross-reference just about anything. Thanks for the pointers. I'll look into them. Eventually I want to scan in my traveller collection and turn it into a hypertext tool. Matt - -- Matthew Goldman E-mail: [email removed] Work: [phone removed] My day today? Nothing major, just Xenon base gone, Scorpio gone, Tarrant dead, Tarrant alive and then I found out Blake sold us out.