Wow. I wonder if that was the original ADABAS system. Last I heard they still were using ADABAS, but that was several years ago.
-- M. Ray Mullins Roseville, CA, USA http://www.catherdersoftware.com/ http://www.mrmullins.big-bear-city.ca.us/ http://www.the-bus-stops-here.org/ German is essentially a form of assembly language consisting entirely of far calls heavily accented with throaty guttural sounds. --ilvi > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bruce Black > Sent: Thursday 29 December 2005 11:23 > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: DMV systems? > > > > > > >And how many times has CA DMV tried to rewrite the systems with the > >help of "consulting companies" and failed? I can think of > at least two. > > > CA DMV seems to be prone to making bad implementation > choices. Back when I was working for Univac (35 years ago) > on the former RCA systems, I found that the CA DMV systems > were on RCA equipment, with the databases on the RCA RACE > equipment (similar to the IBM data cells, but not > compatible). They were trying to convert the data to IBM > equipment, but the only apparent way to do so was via 6250 > BPI tape, and it was estimated it would take months to dump > all the data to tape and read it back on IBM systems. I > don't know what they eventually did but obviously they got it > off the RCA equipment. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
