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RIM - 5 / AMIGA
Initial Information
RIM-5 is a relational DBMS, translated for Amiga. Other versions are
available for IBM PC, VAX/VMS, CDC mainframes, and IBM mainframes.
RIM-5 (or just RIM hereafter) can be executed by just typing RIM.
However, if you want to use it, it's a good idea to have a
working HELP command and to read the documents first.
Due to the large size of the RIM files, the RIM HELP database,
all documents, and the sources, are archived. To build a working disk,
1. Make a COPY of your distribution disk of RIM and work on the copy.
The DISKCOPY command under CLI, or the workbench facilities
can be used. NEVER write on the master.
2. Delete the source archive from the copy, to gain some room.
Its' name is RimSrcAmi.Arc.
3. Un-archive the document archive. The command
ARC -x RIMDocuments.Arc #?
will do it from CLI. You probably have to use CLI with this program.
4. Read the documents, and print them out or copy them to another disk.
5. Delete the document files, again to get room.
6. Now de-archive the pre-built HELP database. You can do this with the
command
ARC -X RimHelpDB.Arc #?
7. You can now start using RIM.
RIM for the Amiga was derived from my port to IBM PC (available
from PC-Blue) of the VAX version. RIM is public domain software and
all restrictions that once existed on it have expired. I certify that
Amiga RIM can be freely distributed, without violation of anyone's
licensing restrictions or policies. I have all the original paperwork
to back this up if need should arise, by the way.
You, the recipient, are encouraged to have a look at the
program interface of RIM and to add command front-ends if you wish
to replace the somewhat archaic (and arcane) one supplied here. I make
no claims for the beauty of RIM on the Amiga, but it is a functional
DBMS suited for large databases and represents the first DBMS
that I know of that's freely distributable and that IS suited to
large, multi-table databases.
Finally, my thanks to Fred Fish for distributing Amiga freely
distributable software, and to Absoft, whose Fortran compiler (V2.3)
was used to compile this code, and whose policies do not interfere
with this distribution. You'll need a copy of the Absoft compiler if
you want to modify the code; all the sources are presented here.
Glenn C. Everhart
4/12/1988
Everhart%Arisia.decnet@GE-CRD.arpa