krol@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Ed Krol) (06/05/91)
A department at the U of I has found an application to meet their needs but it runs on an IBM system under an inverted file system (I think) called MOD204 from CCA Inc. It is quite pricy and the department is worried that 1. everyone giving them advice about this product has some vested interest - like making a sale. and 2. you don't pick up datamation and see articles like MOD204 is gods gift to database manipulations. They are looking for opinions as to whether MOD204 is a reasonable thing to run under. If in the future there is a database system which would be better to use is there a way to extract data from MOD204 in a generic way to allow its loading into some other package. Thanks
DOUG@ysub.ysu.edu (Doug Sewell) (06/06/91)
We run Model 204 DBMS software here at YSU, and have since some time in 1985. It's a product of Computer Corporation of America, 4 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, Ma 02142. The physical implementation of the DBMS is inverted file. The 4GL language, User Language, is set-oriented. It is not a relational DBMS, although you can use it with fully normalized data in separate files. Model204 runs under VM, MVS, and DOS/VSE. There's native TP access from VTAM, as well as via CICS, TSO, TCAM, BTAM, and from CMS. There's support for COBOL, PL/I, 370 Assembler, Fortran, and Ada, although the preferred environment is using User Language through one of the TP interfaces. There's a lot more that can be said about Model 204, both good and bad. Best place on the net to get information is from the Model 204 mailing list (m204-l@akronvm.uakron.edu). This is a VM LISTSERV-hosted list. To sub, send mail to listserv@akronvm.uakron.edu. In the body put: sub m204-l Joe Schmuck (or whatever your real name is). To post an article, send it to m204-l@akronvm.uakron.edu. To unsub, send mail to listserv@akronvm.uakron.edu. In the body put: unsub m204-l That's it. The mailing list is low-traffic (right now, anyway). Also, for bitnet sites, akronvm.uakron.edu = akronvm.bitnet. Doug -- Doug Sewell, Tech Support, Computer Center, doug@ysub.bitnet Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH 44555 doug@ysub.ysu.edu Sir, the computer doesn't make mistakes. Your bill is still $21,736.45.