Re: ADVENT map (was Re: Crowther (pre-Woods) "Colossal Cave")

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From: jmfb...
Date: Wed, 06 Oct 1999 00:00

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In article <ALDERSON.9...@netcom2.netcom.com>,
   alde...@netcom2.netcom.com (Richard M. Alderson III) wrote:
>In article <23u2o5w...@dragon.advancedsw.com> James Powell
><ja...@advancedsw.com> writes:
>
>>Ah, I think you are correct.  TOPS-20, with DECNet, running a DBMS system
>>supporting university administration software.  And of course a Fortran
>>compiler and ADVENT.  I think I recall trying TECO on the box.  I cannot
>>recall the name of the DBMS system, though...
>
>That would have been the (in)famous System 1022.  

Oh, yeah.  I remember hearing those words at work :-).  I always
got the impression that they were swears.

>By 1987, I think Compu$erve
>had bought the company, since all of their internals were 
>based on it (running
>on top of a very old Tops-10 highly bummed for larger memory).  
>A few years ago
>we tried to buy the source, but it didn't work out.

Why would you want the sources, if it's not impertinent to ask :-).
/BAH

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Subject: Re: ADVENT map (was Re: Crowther (pre-Woods) "Colossal Cave")
Date: 1999/10/06
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