CD ROMs are read
only. FileMaker always wants to write to the files that it has open even if your
intention is only to do queries and not modify anything. So you can never run
from a CD ROM. Presumablely you have a CD burner. Most of the more recent ones
can handle CR-RW disks as well as the write once CD ROMs. You might be able to
run from that. 2000 members should fit on a 100M Zip drive, but it depends on
how the Zip drive is connected to your machine. If it SCSI or IDE that will not
be too slow. If it is a parallel port it will be way to0slow to be even
usable.
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Thanks for your comments and apologies for my ignorance of these matters, but I thought I could I could write to my CD because am able to copy files to my CD. However, when I installed ebase on my CD and tried to fill in the first screen, I kept getting messages that it was read only. this must be something I don't understand about my CD drive? I can copy files onto it but not run a program from it if I want to enter data into the program?------------------ Reminder to each recipient: To change your list account preferences, go to http://email.sparklist.com/scripts/lyris.pl?enter=support and enter the email address you used to subscribe to the ebase support list:: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ebase - Relationship Management for Nonprofits, http://www.ebase.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------
I have a 100MB Zip drive. Do you think that would be big enough for 1-2000 members? Or would I need to get one with a larger capacity? This is discouraging.
If I were the only one needing access to the files I wouldn't mind putting both organizations in one database, but I had hoped to be able to pass the backup disks back and forth with individuals from each organization in order to be able to share the lists. I wouldn't really want to pass all the information on both organizations to someone who was working with only one of them.
Thanks!
Lucy Quimby
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