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    From chuckJ@21:1/5 to All on Thu Oct 5 08:45:10 2017
    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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  • From Udo Munk@21:1/5 to chuckJ on Thu Oct 5 14:19:34 2017
    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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  • From chuckJ@21:1/5 to Udo Munk on Thu Oct 5 14:54:28 2017
    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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  • From Udo Munk@21:1/5 to chuckJ on Mon Oct 9 05:04:06 2017
    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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  • From Udo Munk@21:1/5 to chuckJ on Mon Oct 9 07:06:59 2017
    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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  • From chuckJ@21:1/5 to Udo Munk on Mon Oct 9 06:50:07 2017
    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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  • From chuckJ@21:1/5 to Udo Munk on Mon Oct 9 09:30:50 2017
    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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  • From Udo Munk@21:1/5 to chuckJ on Mon Oct 9 11:50:12 2017
    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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  • From chuckJ@21:1/5 to Udo Munk on Mon Oct 9 12:20:06 2017
    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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