Re: Smoke and mirrors...

Posted in 2008

Obnoxio The Clown — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:17:12 +0100 (BST) — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Ian Michael Gumby said: > On Oct 13, 11:43 am, "Art Kagel" <art.ka...@gmail.com> wrote: >> DCrusher is right Gumby. In 1988 the non-shared memory Informix >> database >> which was later renamed Standard Engine was joined by the shared memory >> version called Turbo which came out of a project requested by AT&T (I >> actually used that first Turbo shared memory engine on AT&T 3B2's for a >> project at AT&T Long Distance for billing systems in 1990). Both were >> versioned as v3.30. A year later online archives were added to the >> Turbo >> engine and v4.00 was renamed Informix Online. >> >> Art >> >> On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 12:10 PM, Ian Michael Gumby >> <im_gu...@hotmail.com>wrote: > > Ok. > Not something to fight over, but I'm pretty sure that Turbo was 4.0. > > I don't recall a Turbo 3.3. I'm not saying I'm not wrong, just that I > don't remember it as such. > I do have the Turbo launch mug from '89 which could have been the > "Online mug". > > Any other old timers? Actually, I'm pretty sure I remember a 1.10.03 Turbo... ??? -- Bye now, Obnoxio http://obotheclown.blogspot.com/

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TBP — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:54:22 +0100 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Obnoxio The Clown wrote: > Ian Michael Gumby said: >> On Oct 13, 11:43 am, "Art Kagel" <art.ka...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> DCrusher is right Gumby. In 1988 the non-shared memory Informix >>> database >>> which was later renamed Standard Engine was joined by the shared memory >>> version called Turbo which came out of a project requested by AT&T (I >>> actually used that first Turbo shared memory engine on AT&T 3B2's for a >>> project at AT&T Long Distance for billing systems in 1990). Both were >>> versioned as v3.30. A year later online archives were added to the >>> Turbo >>> engine and v4.00 was renamed Informix Online. >>> >>> Art >>> >>> On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 12:10 PM, Ian Michael Gumby >>> <im_gu...@hotmail.com>wrote: >> Ok. >> Not something to fight over, but I'm pretty sure that Turbo was 4.0. >> >> I don't recall a Turbo 3.3. I'm not saying I'm not wrong, just that I >> don't remember it as such. >> I do have the Turbo launch mug from '89 which could have been the >> "Online mug". >> >> Any other old timers? > > Actually, I'm pretty sure I remember a 1.10.03 Turbo... ??? > Renualt 5 GT Turbo?

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Obnoxio The Clown — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:59:15 +0100 (BST) — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

TBP said: > Obnoxio The Clown wrote: >> Ian Michael Gumby said: >>> On Oct 13, 11:43 am, "Art Kagel" <art.ka...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> DCrusher is right Gumby. In 1988 the non-shared memory Informix >>>> database >>>> which was later renamed Standard Engine was joined by the shared >>>> memory >>>> version called Turbo which came out of a project requested by AT&T (I >>>> actually used that first Turbo shared memory engine on AT&T 3B2's for >>>> a >>>> project at AT&T Long Distance for billing systems in 1990). Both were >>>> versioned as v3.30. A year later online archives were added to the >>>> Turbo >>>> engine and v4.00 was renamed Informix Online. >>>> >>>> Art >>>> >>>> On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 12:10 PM, Ian Michael Gumby >>>> <im_gu...@hotmail.com>wrote: >>> Ok. >>> Not something to fight over, but I'm pretty sure that Turbo was 4.0. >>> >>> I don't recall a Turbo 3.3. I'm not saying I'm not wrong, just that I >>> don't remember it as such. >>> I do have the Turbo launch mug from '89 which could have been the >>> "Online mug". >>> >>> Any other old timers? >> >> Actually, I'm pretty sure I remember a 1.10.03 Turbo... ??? >> > Renualt 5 GT Turbo? I remember them, too! -- Bye now, Obnoxio http://obotheclown.blogspot.com/

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