Re: RE: Difference Between DBMS/RDBMS

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 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) somewhere around 1980 I believe. I
> > seem to vaguely remember running it on a very old (now a days)
> > predecessor of the laptop. If memory is serving I believe it was called
> > an Osborne? RDB was offered on the IBM mainframe and there was a VAX
> > version that I remember playing
> > with as well.
> >
> > Yeah, it's good to be old and reflect on the twists & turns we went
> > through
> > to make things work. Anyone remember programming with less than 1MB of
> > ram? I
> > remember trying to make things work on 16K.
> >
> > Dick Goulet
> > Human memory is fragile, thank GOD!
> >
> > ____________________Reply Separator____________________
> > Author: "Mercadante; Thomas F" <NDATFM_at_labor.state.ny.us>
> > Date: 6/25/2002 6:08 AM
> >
> > Oh you bunch of young whipper-snappers!
> >
> > A long time ago in a place far-away, we started with simple File Systems.
> > Then came ISAM file systems.
> > These begate DBMS systems. Note there was no 'R' in original DBMS
> > systems. Some of these were simply an extention to ISAM files that
> > allowed (and demanded) a more formalized collection of files. In these
> > files, there were tables and indexes and primary keys. I remember these
> > as
> > "Hierarchical Database Systems". Still no such thing as foreign keys.
> >
> > Finally, I believe, DEC came out with the RBMS system which was (I know I
> > will be corrected on this) one of the first Relational Database Managment
> > Systems to be made available for large systems. (I have no knowledge of
> > IBM products - anybody? When did DB2 make itself known?).
> >
> > On PC's there was also something called RDB I think.
> >
> > See, its good to be old!
> >
> > Tom Mercadante
> > Oracle Certified Professional
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 8:24 AM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> >
> >
> > i give up the R, is that the difference?
> >
> > joe
> >
> > Santosh Varma wrote:
> > > could any body point me the difference(s) between DBMS and RDBMS ??
> > > because in DBMS also as in RDBMS, we can related two or more
> > > tables..if a column exists in another table for relation ??
> > >
> > > Thanks and regards,
> > >
> > > Santosh

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