1. The original paper on the Usage of Sparse Matrices to store horoscope charts in a Relational Database can be
downloaded here.
2. A more recent paper on the
Statistical Testing of Hypotheses in Astrology can be
read here.
3. The current version of the SmartChart Excel97 spreadsheet can be
downloaded here.
4. SmartChart v5 onwards needs the
Swiss Ephemeris program that is available free of cost from Astrodienst. You would need to download swetest.exe, seas_18.se1, semo_18.se1, sepl_18.se1 from that site.
5. SQLite : the easiest genuine RDBMS that you can use on your machine - No configuration required.
Get it here.