The AvidIndex is in a standard ASCII database format called 'RFF'.
This gives you a wide range of options for using it:
 - With a database program that is RFF compatible like db2.5.
 - Any database program that can load ASCII records with TAB
   separated fields.
 - Text reader/editor with a 'SEARCH' function

The database includes over a thousand articles with several useful 
fields of information. This is an update to the original AvidIndex.

 PERMSSN    UID  GID    PACKED    SIZE  RATIO     CRC       STAMP          NAME
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[generic]                61150  164509  37.2% -lh5- beb9 Jul  7  1996 AvidIndex96.db
[generic]                  557    2310  24.1% -lh5- c9e4 Jul  7  1996 AvidIndex96.db.info
[generic]                 2299    4981  46.2% -lh5- 3acf Jul  7  1996 AvidIndex96.doc
[generic]                  248     487  50.9% -lh5- 96e5 Jul  7  1996 AvidIndex96.doc.info
---------- ----------- ------- ------- ------ ---------- ------------ -------------
 Total         4 files   64254  172287  37.3%            Jul  8  1996