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> What was the first database you used back in the day? Model 204 with COBOL. [0] M204 was a pre-relational database that used inverted indexes to locate rows.
by hodgesrm 4y ago
> What was the first database you used back in the day?
Model 204 with COBOL. [0] M204 was a pre-relational database that used inverted indexes to locate rows. It sparked a life-long fascination with data.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_204 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_204
- joast 4y agoModel 204 wasn't the first I used (it might have been the fifth or sixth). I was a member of a small team that wrote an interface to M204 from Unix workstations. Fun times. :-)