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Central America Looking for info on early Pick OS / Database systems
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Includes: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama
Al Kossow
Documentation Wizard
I mentioned this to some Pick people I know, but it doesn't look like they replied.
Some basic information can be found on wikipedia. I have some things on bitsavers
under microdata pickSystems and generalAutomation
a bunch of issues of a pick magazine from the 80s can be found at
I have a small General Automation Zebra 68000 system that ran Pick that was
used by a video rental store.
Some basic information can be found on wikipedia. I have some things on bitsavers
under microdata pickSystems and generalAutomation
a bunch of issues of a pick magazine from the 80s can be found at
I have a small General Automation Zebra 68000 system that ran Pick that was
used by a video rental store.
jws
Member
I have a lot of information about the Pick system. I worked on the system from 1976 onward at Microdata. Moved to Irvine Computer Corp and worked on R77 and R80 which ran on Microdata and later Intertechnique hardware.
I can supply more information perhaps if you have a particular "flavor" or manufacturer. There were about 30 licensees of various systems.
The system is currently sold from Rocket Software as D3. The Microdata Reality system is now owned by NEC after a journey thru various owners, and is still separate from the Pick system Rocket has. Al of the Pick versions (Unidata, Universe) as well as the licensee's ended up at Rocket.
I will check and post a followup here with more general information for the thread when I can find it.
Reality
reality.necsws.com
Rocket D3
www.rocketsoftware.com
Also note in the D3 url the term "multivalue". This term was adapted for the Pick type databases and generally is used in references to Pick type systems or subjects.
Pick stores data with a 3 level hierarchy level of data fields, attributes are akin to fields on other databases. Values are contained in attributes, and can be as many as you desire. Subvalue fields are less used, but are contained in values. I know this is a bit vague, just adding to help point you at where "value" comes from in "multivalue".
The hackaday folks have this info about Pick. The book was written by my late friend Jon Sisk, and if you look for his books they are very informative.
hackaday.com
I can supply more information perhaps if you have a particular "flavor" or manufacturer. There were about 30 licensees of various systems.
The system is currently sold from Rocket Software as D3. The Microdata Reality system is now owned by NEC after a journey thru various owners, and is still separate from the Pick system Rocket has. Al of the Pick versions (Unidata, Universe) as well as the licensee's ended up at Rocket.
I will check and post a followup here with more general information for the thread when I can find it.
Reality
Home
Reality, the original NoSQL, MultiValue Database SQL enabled for interoperability
reality.necsws.com
Rocket D3
Rocket® D3 | Business Application Development Tool | Rocket Software
Rocket D3 is the business application development tool that allows to easily create powerful applications for your business with the performance and speed you need to compete.
Also note in the D3 url the term "multivalue". This term was adapted for the Pick type databases and generally is used in references to Pick type systems or subjects.
Pick stores data with a 3 level hierarchy level of data fields, attributes are akin to fields on other databases. Values are contained in attributes, and can be as many as you desire. Subvalue fields are less used, but are contained in values. I know this is a bit vague, just adding to help point you at where "value" comes from in "multivalue".
The hackaday folks have this info about Pick. The book was written by my late friend Jon Sisk, and if you look for his books they are very informative.
Picking An Old Operating System
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