REPLY TO 12/01/86 10:33 FROM [log in to unmask]: Re: An experience with GRAND Harry, there already is a text data base you can access over the network. Its call SPIRES and it's what the DATABASE server at BITNIC uses. In fact, I think Hank already has some GRAND related/extracted files on it. TELL DATABASE@BITNIC HELP should get you started. Try it, you might even like it although some of the underlying databases could be better designed for remote searching (in particular I have a number of gripes about BITINFO, the BITNET master directory subfile). /June To: LSTSRV-L(LSTSRV-L@CLVM)