20 Apr
2018
20 Apr
'18
1:24 a.m.
Does anyone know if UToronto's MRS database system (from about 1979) has
survived? It was described in:
Robert Hudyma, John Kornatowski, Ivor Ladd. MRS: A microcomputer
database management system. Proceedings of the 1981 ACM SIGSMALL
symposium on Small systems and SIGMOD workshop on Small database
systems, pp 174-180.
Apparently it was distributed to over 50 unix sites. This is the
software which became the MISTRESS and later EMPRESS products.
De
20 Apr
20 Apr
1:42 a.m.
Does anyone know if UToronto's MRS database
system (from about 1979) has
survived?
[...]
Apparently it was distributed to over 50 unix sites.
This is the
software which became the MISTRESS and later EMPRESS products.
Memories of running Mistress/Empress under CTIX come flooding back ...
Back in the day (circa 1987) I recall Henry Spencer was going out with a
woman who worked at Rhodnius (what that the name? it's been a while) on
the commercial product. While Henry has vanished from the face of the
Earth (it seems), Geoff Collyer might recall who she was, or maybe have
pointers/links to others who worked on the code.
--lyndon
8 a.m.
On Fri, 20 Apr 2018, arnold(a)skeeve.com wrote:
He's still alive and well; at
hspencer(a)utias-sfl.net if anyone needs to
find him. His zoo.utoronto.ca address is gone for good, though.
So he's still at U Toronto, then? I met him once, when he was in Sydney
visiting his sister[*], and he was a thoroughly nice chap.
[*]
You knocked on the door, and were asked for a password (which to my
knowledge was never distributed!); I responded with "SunOS-ish (adj):
requiring 32-bit bug numbers" and was granted admittance :-)
--
Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will
suffer."
6:39 p.m.
On 20/04/2018, arnold(a)skeeve.com <arnold(a)skeeve.com> wrote:
Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon(a)orthanc.ca> wrote:
(Sigh) I regret never going over to meet him when I was a grad
student at Toronto. Zoo was the next building over. I knew of him
but it never happened.
N.
While Henry has vanished from the face of the
Earth (it seems),
He's still alive and well; at hspencer(a)utias-sfl.net if anyone
needs to find him. His zoo.utoronto.ca address is gone for good, though. 
6:42 p.m.
On Fri, Apr 20, 2018 at 02:39:53PM -0400, Nemo wrote:
On 20/04/2018, arnold(a)skeeve.com
<arnold(a)skeeve.com> wrote:
> Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon(a)orthanc.ca> wrote:
>
>> While Henry has vanished from the face of the Earth (it seems),
>
> He's still alive and well; at hspencer(a)utias-sfl.net if anyone
> needs to find him. His zoo.utoronto.ca address is gone for good, though.
What's he up to?
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