Hey guys!!!

I used Coherent 3.2(?) "back in the day."
It ran on a '286!!! I still have the manual.

Anyway, I have set up the Udo Munk VM on my laptop. One piece of software that I always wanted was /rdb.

There was a /rdb sold for Coherent. Does anyone have access to the Coherent version?

I have their book _UNIX_Relational_Database_Management_ (1988!) but I would sure love to play with it on a Coherent system.

many thanks!
Chuck

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On Thursday, October 5, 2017 at 5:45:10 PM UTC+2, chuckJ wrote:

Hey guys!!!

I used Coherent 3.2(?) "back in the day."
It ran on a '286!!! I still have the manual.

Anyway, I have set up the Udo Munk VM on my laptop. One piece of software that I always wanted was /rdb.

There was a /rdb sold for Coherent. Does anyone have access to the Coherent version?

I have their book _UNIX_Relational_Database_Management_ (1988!) but I would sure love to play with it on a Coherent system.

many thanks!
Chuck

I used /rdb and probably have the manual and floppy disks. No idea if the disks still are readable and I don't have a machine with drives left. Sometime I need to get
some USB floppy disk drives and try to image the disks. Unfortunately there is sooo
much stuff to do...

Best regards,
Udo

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On Thursday, October 5, 2017 at 4:19:34 PM UTC-5, Udo Munk wrote:

On Thursday, October 5, 2017 at 5:45:10 PM UTC+2, chuckJ wrote:

Hey guys!!!

I used Coherent 3.2(?) "back in the day."
It ran on a '286!!! I still have the manual.

Anyway, I have set up the Udo Munk VM on my laptop. One piece of software that I always wanted was /rdb.

There was a /rdb sold for Coherent. Does anyone have access to the Coherent version?

I have their book _UNIX_Relational_Database_Management_ (1988!) but I would sure love to play with it on a Coherent system.

many thanks!
Chuck

I used /rdb and probably have the manual and floppy disks. No idea if the disks
still are readable and I don't have a machine with drives left. Sometime I need to get
some USB floppy disk drives and try to image the disks. Unfortunately there is sooo
much stuff to do...

Best regards,
Udo

I was hoping you would post!!

I downloaded a pdf of the manual from your site. It's a lot like the book.

If you happen to find a floppy drive sometime it would be nifty to try out the original /rdb
:-)

Thanks!
Chuck

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On Thursday, October 5, 2017 at 11:54:29 PM UTC+2, chuckJ wrote:

If you happen to find a floppy drive sometime it would be nifty to
try out the original /rdb

You could try this on the 4.2 VM:

http://www.staff.amu.edu.pl/~apopiele/cohrdb.html

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On Monday, October 9, 2017 at 3:50:08 PM UTC+2, chuckJ wrote:

On Monday, October 9, 2017 at 7:04:07 AM UTC-5, Udo Munk wrote:

On Thursday, October 5, 2017 at 11:54:29 PM UTC+2, chuckJ wrote:

If you happen to find a floppy drive sometime it would be nifty to
try out the original /rdb

You could try this on the 4.2 VM:

http://www.staff.amu.edu.pl/~apopiele/cohrdb.html

That would have been perfect but it requires a Username and Password to obtain.

Thanks for trying :-)

Use anonymous ftp, user = anonymous and password = some email address.

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On Monday, October 9, 2017 at 7:04:07 AM UTC-5, Udo Munk wrote:

On Thursday, October 5, 2017 at 11:54:29 PM UTC+2, chuckJ wrote:

If you happen to find a floppy drive sometime it would be nifty to
try out the original /rdb

You could try this on the 4.2 VM:

http://www.staff.amu.edu.pl/~apopiele/cohrdb.html

That would have been perfect but it requires a Username and Password to obtain.

Thanks for trying :-)

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On Monday, October 9, 2017 at 9:07:00 AM UTC-5, Udo Munk wrote:

On Monday, October 9, 2017 at 3:50:08 PM UTC+2, chuckJ wrote:

On Monday, October 9, 2017 at 7:04:07 AM UTC-5, Udo Munk wrote:

On Thursday, October 5, 2017 at 11:54:29 PM UTC+2, chuckJ wrote:

If you happen to find a floppy drive sometime it would be nifty to
try out the original /rdb

You could try this on the 4.2 VM:

http://www.staff.amu.edu.pl/~apopiele/cohrdb.html

That would have been perfect but it requires a Username and Password to obtain.

Thanks for trying :-)

Use anonymous ftp, user = anonymous and password = some email address.

Thanks, Udo.

Still did not work. :-(

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On Monday, October 9, 2017 at 6:30:51 PM UTC+2, chuckJ wrote:

Thanks, Udo.

Still did not work. :-(

Drats, here is a mirror that still works:

http://ftp.gnome.org/mirror/archive/ftp.sunet.se/pub/databases/flat-file/RDB/

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On Monday, October 9, 2017 at 1:50:12 PM UTC-5, Udo Munk wrote:

On Monday, October 9, 2017 at 6:30:51 PM UTC+2, chuckJ wrote:

Thanks, Udo.

Still did not work. :-(

Drats, here is a mirror that still works:

http://ftp.gnome.org/mirror/archive/ftp.sunet.se/pub/databases/flat-file/RDB/

It certainly did!

WOOOHOOO!
Thanks!!

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