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From: SeaSideSam on 2 Jul 2008 21:43
Refs: RM/COBOL V6.5 for UNIX and Win95 Users Guide
RM/COBOL V6.5 for UNIX and Win95 Language Reference Manual

Pete.

1) There is no mention of 'ISAM' files in the above refs.
2) Recognized file structures are
a) sequential
b) relative record
c) indexed
3) 'Alternate-record keys' can be used in 'Read' and 'Start' statements. Standard
rules of the 'Read' and 'Start' statements apply.
4) My Vista machine crapped out for the 7th time in 6 months the other day, and I
am now in the process of building an XP machine and will not install RMC until
I get back on XP. I will be available for testing at that time.

sss



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From: Alistair on 3 Jul 2008 15:47
> > 4)  My Vista machine crapped out for the 7th time in 6 months the other
> > day, and I
> >     am now in the process of building an XP machine and will not install
> > RMC until
> >     I get back on XP.  I will be available for testing at that time.
>

>
> Hope you get things sorted with your system. I find XP to be excellent and
> even better since installing SP3. I approached this update with fear and
> trepidation expecting everything to fall apart... :-) (tribute to MS track
> record...) To my surprise it installed effortlessly and NOTHING reacted to
> it. I have NEVER had a BSOD or hang since running this machine. (It has 2GB
> of main memory... Lack of memory and continual memory leakage seems to be a
> frequent problem with MS apps.)

I use XP and hated it when forced to install it. It was unstable and
crashed repeatedly. Then I got hit by a virus (not the Herpes type)
and had to rebuild from scratch. I installed the OSes (98, XP, SP1,
SP2) and all of its' updates before installing applications. I have
never known a pc to be more stable (one week of solid 24/7 disk
thrashing without a crash but that is another story). Lesson learned -
do not install an upgrade on to the operating system which requires
the new OS to 'guess' the parameters to run the applications by.
Instead, clean install the original OS and then install the upgrade
and patches. Then, finally, re-install your applications.

</Here endeth the sermon>
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