Hello, all: I am searching to see if anyone can find a copy of the IBM Query-By-Example product that ran under VM/370 circa the mid-1970s ... it was released as an IUP, and was supported directly by IBM personnel working at the IBM Research Labs at Yorktown Heights, NY around 1974 or 1975, IIRC. Does anyone have an archived copy of that software, or the original installation tape (PID tape)? Also, does anyone have any of the original IBM manuals for that IUP? If so, I would love to see them scanned into .pdf format for archival at bitsavers, etc., or uploaded to the "Files" area of this list. Here is info from an old IBM manual that described all of the various IUPs etc. that were available: ===========================================================QUERY-BY-EXAMPLE VM/370 CMS 5796-PKT
This IUP is a high-level, interactive language facility which provides easy access to data by end-users not necessarily skilled in data processing techniques. It features a unique, two-dimensional, user interface which is simple to use yet powerful and flexible. It can be easily learned in a few hours. Query- By- Example (QBE) provides a powerful facility for answering complex queries which can be expressed by the end-user in familiar terminology and logic. Operations which can be performed during an interactive session with QBE include retrieval, insertion, deletion, update, and creation of data in the form of tables. These operations may be performed on entire tables, entire rows, entire columns or on one or more individual data elements. QBE is designed to operate with the System Extensions program product (5748-XE1) or the Basic System Extensions program product (5748-XX8). Notice G320-6062, SH20-2078. =========================================================== Thanks in advance ... Mark S. Waterbury ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
