RE: RE: Difference Between DBMS/RDBMS

2002-06-26 Thread Karniotis, Stephen
ORACLE-L Subject:RE: RE: Difference Between DBMS/RDBMS No there was never a 6.1 or a 6.2 unless I missed a meeting. The latest version of 6 I worked on was 6.0.37. Regards, Mike Hately -Original Message- Sent: 25 June 2002 18:09 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L There

RE: RE: Difference Between DBMS/RDBMS

2002-06-26 Thread Hately Mike
I was quite upset myself. It's like he just doesn't care any more. You were a VMS bloke at one point; Didn't you use 6.1? =) Mike -Original Message- Sent: 26 June 2002 12:14 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Didn't Larry call you direct to let you know Mike?. Very inconsider

RE: RE: Difference Between DBMS/RDBMS

2002-06-26 Thread John . Hallas
Didn't Larry call you direct to let you know Mike?. Very inconsiderate of him -Original Message- Sent: 26 June 2002 11:44 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Live and learn =) I wasn't using VMS at the time but all the same, I'm surprised I haven't heard about it. Many thanks, Mik

RE: RE: Difference Between DBMS/RDBMS

2002-06-26 Thread Stephane Faroult
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RE: RE: Difference Between DBMS/RDBMS

2002-06-26 Thread Hately Mike
Live and learn =) I wasn't using VMS at the time but all the same, I'm surprised I haven't heard about it. Many thanks, Mike -Original Message- Sent: 26 June 2002 11:18 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L In fact, there was a 6.1. Lasted only less than a year. It was one of the

Re: RE: Difference Between DBMS/RDBMS

2002-06-26 Thread Nuno Souto
In fact, there was a 6.1. Lasted only less than a year. It was one of the very early Parallel Server versions available. Only ran on VMS, IIRC. At least, that's the only port of it I managed to install. Cheers Nuno Souto [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - > No there was never

RE: RE: Difference Between DBMS/RDBMS

2002-06-26 Thread Hately Mike
No there was never a 6.1 or a 6.2 unless I missed a meeting. The latest version of 6 I worked on was 6.0.37. Regards, Mike Hately -Original Message- Sent: 25 June 2002 18:09 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L There was a 6.1 and/or 6.2? I went from 6.0.36 straight to 7.2. Dick

RE: RE: Difference Between DBMS/RDBMS

2002-06-25 Thread Jesse, Rich
RACLE-L > Subject: RE: RE: Difference Between DBMS/RDBMS > > > > 3K of RAM available on the VIC-20. The other 5K were taken up by the > operating system. I had a terminal emulator program that > allowed me to > dial-up at 300 baud and run an IBM mainframe from home. Re

Re: RE: Difference Between DBMS/RDBMS

2002-06-25 Thread Jan Pruner
Well, I've found old benchmark from 01/1984 :-) http://www.gondolin.org.uk/hchof/reviews/text/yc-atari800xl.html JP On Tuesday 25 June 2002 17:58, you wrote: > I've used Atari 800XL (still have it). > > JP > > On Tuesday 25 June 2002 17:13, you wrote: > > Erm, programmed at college on something

RE: RE: Difference Between DBMS/RDBMS

2002-06-25 Thread Mercadante, Thomas F
"When the incompetent secretaries got mad about being replaced with computers, and their union got pissy about same, he fired them." this explains a lot! take no prisoners! bargain with no-one! :) -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 12:24 PM To: Multiple recipients of li

RE: RE: Difference Between DBMS/RDBMS

2002-06-25 Thread Thomas Day
3K of RAM available on the VIC-20. The other 5K were taken up by the operating system. I had a terminal emulator program that allowed me to dial-up at 300 baud and run an IBM mainframe from home. Real bleeding-edge stuff at the time (LOL).

RE: RE: Difference Between DBMS/RDBMS

2002-06-25 Thread Jesse, Rich
AFAIK, "RDB" was DEC's Relational offering and was only available on VAXen, and eventually Alphas. It was preceeded by DEC's CODASYL DBMS, known generically as "DBMS". Perhaps IBM had an "RDB", too, since the names are generic enough. I worked extensively with DEC's DBMS and COBOL in my first p

Re: RE: Difference Between DBMS/RDBMS

2002-06-25 Thread Alexandre Gorbatchev
My Z-80 based PC had 64K (useful only 48). That was the standard architecture for Z80 4.77MHz 8-) -- Alexandre - Original Message - To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 5:13 PM > Erm, programmed at college on something called a Sinc

RE: RE: Difference Between DBMS/RDBMS

2002-06-25 Thread Sherman, Paul R.
Hello, I would have to look at my (very dusty) notes to check on the system attributes and other particulars, but I recall using a system called RAX (relational something something), running on a IBM mainframe (OS/MVS ?), in 1964, at the Univ. of R.I. The execute command was /end run. I can not

RE: RE: Difference Between DBMS/RDBMS

2002-06-25 Thread Hately Mike
Heh, I started programming in PL/1 with DL/1 databases. All hierarchical and you had to navigate round the tree using calls like "GN" (get next) and "GU" (get unique). Oh the memories! Regards, Mike Hately __Reply Separator > Author: "Mercadante; Thomas F" <[E

Re: RE: Difference Between DBMS/RDBMS

2002-06-25 Thread Jan Pruner
I've used Atari 800XL (still have it). JP On Tuesday 25 June 2002 17:13, you wrote: > Erm, programmed at college on something called a Sinclair ZX80 Spectrum 1K > ram !! > > > -Original Message- > Sent: 25 June 2002 15:58 > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > Tom, > >

RE: RE: Difference Between DBMS/RDBMS

2002-06-25 Thread Robertson Lee - lerobe
Erm, programmed at college on something called a Sinclair ZX80 Spectrum 1K ram !! -Original Message- Sent: 25 June 2002 15:58 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Tom, As I recall DB2 on a PC came about way back in the dark days of the 8080 processor and DOS (no version) s