From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: lyndon@orthanc.ca (Lyndon Nerenberg) Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2018 18:42:05 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [TUHS] MRS database software ca. 1979 In-Reply-To: <20180420012459.1C07EA584E9@yagi.h-net.msu.edu> References: <20180420012459.1C07EA584E9@yagi.h-net.msu.edu> Message-ID: > Does anyone know if UToronto's MRS database system (from about 1979) has > survived? [...] > Apparently it was distributed to over 50 unix sites. This is the > software which became the MISTRESS and later EMPRESS products. Memories of running Mistress/Empress under CTIX come flooding back ... Back in the day (circa 1987) I recall Henry Spencer was going out with a woman who worked at Rhodnius (what that the name? it's been a while) on the commercial product. While Henry has vanished from the face of the Earth (it seems), Geoff Collyer might recall who she was, or maybe have pointers/links to others who worked on the code. --lyndon