DBOMP (Database Organization and Maintenance Processor) was an early hierarchical database system from IBM for DOS. DBOMP was introduced in the late 1960s...

which evolved in the next generation into a more generalized tool called DBOMP (Database Organization and Maintenance Program). These were run on mainframes...

especially database management systems such as ADABAS, IDMS and IBM's DBOMP and DL/I. Sequential and ISAM files could store either fixed-length or variable-length...

called Total, which was seen as an improvement and generalization of IBM's DBOMP. Other than IBM, which was still in the "selling iron" business, Cincom...

Datacom/DB’s primary competitors at this time were IDMS, IMS, DL/1, ADABAS, DBOMP, and Cincom Systems' TOTAL. Although still a very small company, Insyte...