I have returned, and here we have some more software that appears to
be lost to time that showed up on my diskettes, and I was able to
salvage.

> Main Street Filer was the first database I saw that worked on the
> Mac, and I was impressed with how excellent an adaptation it was.
> The program makes very good use of the Mac interface, and allows you
> to have up to 65,000 records in a file, 36 fields in each record.
>
> There have been complaints about some of Main Street Filer's
> shortcomings, but by the time you read this, a new improved version,
> called Main Street Manager, should be out. I've seen a very early
> pre-release version of it, and it seems to be quite powerful.

? [MacBook: The Indispensable Guide to Macintosh? Hardware and
Software (1985), p. 211][1]


I did not find this software here on Macintosh Garden, although I'd
love to know if it exists in any other archives of old Macintosh
software. Please let me know.

I seem to remember this software being on a Mac Plus I used as a kid-
I didn't understand how to use it then (30 years ago), nor do I know
how to correctly use it now.

> ### Main Street Filer
>
> A limited database. One of the first for Macintosh, but not holding
> its own these days.
>
> Maximum field length is fifty characters?enough for simple mailing
> lists, but limiting for other applications. Four field types are
> supported: text, date, and two types of numeric fields?real numbers
> (numbers with decimals) and integers (no decimals). Records may
> contain up to thirty-six fields. Data is entered into a fixed
> format?you can't create custom on-screen forms. Cut and paste
> between fields or records isn't supported (the familiar Edit menu
> isn't here; nor is the Clipboard).
>
> The program can sort on a maximum of two fields. Computed fields
> aren't allowed.
>
> The program prints mailing labels (one to four labels across),
> envelopes, and reports (in a number of formats). Report designs may
> be saved. Reports may contain headers but not footers.

? [The Complete Macintosh Sourcebook (1985), p. 30][2]


From what I can tell, it appears to be a virtual Rolodex software for
keeping track of phone numbers, names, contacts, etc. on a Macintosh.
It also seems as if it may have some database or spreadsheet functions
as well, for helping a business keep track of things like inventory.

If you figure anything out about it, or find it elsewhere on the web,
please let me know in the comments below. Thank you.

> The software, Main Street Filer, which I helped create, was a huge
> success, distributed in US and Europe, on both the IBM and Mac
> Platform. I had a very high level job. Some tasks included managing
> all outside contracts, managing all hardware, including installing a
> peer-to-peer network for the sales team, custom coding the in-house
> accounting system, and programming the Main Street Filer conversion
> program from IBM to Mac in Pascal language.

? [Madeline Bailey, R�sum�][3]

First Upload: Zipped 400k .dsk file (bootable)

Compatibility
Architecture: 68k

Mac Plus or higher
512 KB RAM
Dual floppy drives

  [1]: https://vintageapple.org/macbooks/pdf/Macbook_The_Indespensible_Guide_to_Macintosh_Software_and_Hardware_1985.pdf
  [2]: https://archive.org/details/mac_The_Complete_Macintosh_Sourcebook_1985/page/n29/mode/1up?q=%22main+street+filer%22
  [3]: http://qccomputing.com/downloads/Madeline_Bailey_Resume.pdf