Have you tried using Google for it? See if there is anything already Archived?
Have you tried posting to the DB2-L group and see if they know anything? To join, if you have not done so, go to idug.org Lizette > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of > Mark Waterbury > Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2018 10:09 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Searching for IBM Query By Example (QBE) IUP for VM/370 from mid- > 1970s > > Hello, all: > I am searching to see if anyone can find a copy of the IBM Query-By-Example > product that ran under VM/370 circa the mid-1970s ... it was released as an > IUP, and was supported directly by IBM personnel working at the IBM Research > Labs at Yorktown Heights, NY around 1974 or 1975, IIRC. > Does anyone have an archived copy of that software, or the original > installation tape (PID tape)? > Also, does anyone have any of the original IBM manuals for that IUP? If so, > I would love to see them scanned into .pdf format for archival at bitsavers, > etc., or uploaded to the "Files" area of this list. > Here is info from an old IBM manual that described all of the various IUPs > etc. that were available: > ===========================================================QUERY-BY-EXAMPLE > VM/370 CMS 5796-PKT > > This IUP is a high-level, interactive language facility which provides easy > access to data by end-users not necessarily skilled in data processing > techniques. It features a unique, two-dimensional, user interface which is > simple to use yet powerful and flexible. It can be easily learned in a few > hours. > > Query- By- Example (QBE) provides a powerful facility for answering complex > queries which can be expressed by the end-user in familiar terminology and > logic. > > Operations which can be performed during an interactive session with QBE > include retrieval, insertion, deletion, update, and creation of data in the > form of tables. These operations may be performed on entire tables, entire > rows, entire columns or on one or more individual data elements. > > QBE is designed to operate with the System Extensions program product (5748- > XE1) or the Basic System Extensions program product (5748-XX8). > > Notice G320-6062, > SH20-2078. =========================================================== > > Thanks in advance ... > Mark S. Waterbury > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
