kemnitz@POSTGRES.BERKELEY.EDU (Greg Kemnitz) (03/10/91)
Version 2, release 1 of the public-domain POSTGRES DBMS is now available
for distribution. Upgrades over Version 2 release 03 include the following:
1. Rtree indices, as well as many fixes to bugs and performance enhancements
in the indexing code.
2. A revamped "postmaster" program.
3. A rewritten buffer manager.
4. Many upgrades to the rule system.
5. A much more flexible "copy" command.
Postgres runs on diskful Sun 3's running all known flavors of SunOS, on
Sparcstations, on DECstation 3100 or 5000's running Ultrix (preferably >= 4.0),
and on Sequent Symmetry machines. Postgres consists of about 180,000 lines of
C.
If you would like the current system, you can get it in
one of two ways:
(1) Send a check payable to the Regents of the University
of California for $150.00 to:
Postgres Project
521 Evans Hall
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720.
Indicate in your accompanying letter whether you want
the system on a 9-track tape at 1600 BPI, at 6250 BPI,
on a cartridge tape for SUN shoeboxes (QIC 24 format),
or on a TK50 DEC cartridge tape.
(2) FTP the code to your site over the net by typing
the following bracketed text without brackets. You
should see similar output.
% [ ftp 128.32.149.1 ] # or ftp postgres.berkeley.edu
Connected to 128.32.149.1.
220 postgres FTP server (Version 4.4 Sun Feb 5 07:58:07 PST 1989) ready.
Name (128.32.149.1:): [ anonymous ]
331 Guest login ok, send ident as password.
Password:[ mylogin@myhost ]
230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply.
ftp> [ cd pub ]
250 CWD command successful.
ftp> [ get postgres-setup.me ]
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for postgres-setup.me (NNNNNNN bytes).
ftp> [ binary ]
200 Type set to I.
ftp> [ get postgres-v2r1.tar.Z ]
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for postgres-v1r3.new.tar.Z (NNNNNNN bytes).
226 Transfer complete.
local: postgres-v2r1.tar.Z remote: postgres-v2r1.tar.Z
NNNNNNN bytes received in MMM.MM seconds (KK Kbytes/s)
ftp> [ quit ]
221 Goodbye.
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Greg Kemnitz | "I ran out of the room - I
Postgres Chief Programmer | didn't want to be killed by a pile
kemnitz@postgres.berkeley.edu | of ULTRIX manuals" :-)
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