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| First post | 2020-04-16 07:33 -0700 |
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CP/M COBOL for the Apple ][ - Please Help m.omalley.au@gmail.com - 2020-04-16 07:33 -0700
Re: CP/M COBOL for the Apple ][ - Please Help James Davis <JPD.Enterprises@outlook.com> - 2020-04-17 00:33 -0700
Re: CP/M COBOL for the Apple ][ - Please Help James Davis <JPD.Enterprises@outlook.com> - 2020-04-17 00:43 -0700
Re: CP/M COBOL for the Apple ][ - Please Help James Davis <JPD.Enterprises@outlook.com> - 2020-04-17 00:46 -0700
Re: CP/M COBOL for the Apple ][ - Please Help m.omalley.au@gmail.com - 2020-04-17 03:17 -0700
Re: CP/M COBOL for the Apple ][ - Please Help m.omalley.au@gmail.com - 2020-04-17 03:19 -0700
Re: CP/M COBOL for the Apple ][ - Please Help gids.rs@sasktel.net - 2020-04-17 11:28 -0700
Re: CP/M COBOL for the Apple ][ - Please Help awanderin <awanderin@gmail.com> - 2020-04-17 17:30 -0600
Re: CP/M COBOL for the Apple ][ - Please Help Antoine Vignau <ntn.vignau@gmail.com> - 2020-04-17 18:55 -0700
Re: CP/M COBOL for the Apple ][ - Please Help m.omalley.au@gmail.com - 2020-04-22 06:12 -0700
Re: CP/M COBOL for the Apple ][ - Please Help djay <geewilly@netzero.net> - 2020-04-27 16:16 -0700
Re: CP/M COBOL for the Apple ][ - Please Help djay <geewilly@netzero.net> - 2020-04-27 16:49 -0700
Re: CP/M COBOL for the Apple ][ - Please Help m.omalley.au@gmail.com - 2020-05-02 05:57 -0700
Re: CP/M COBOL for the Apple ][ - Please Help gids.rs@sasktel.net - 2020-04-28 12:09 -0700
Re: CP/M COBOL for the Apple ][ - Please Help gids.rs@sasktel.net - 2020-04-28 12:34 -0700
Re: CP/M COBOL for the Apple ][ - Please Help m.omalley.au@gmail.com - 2020-05-02 05:37 -0700
| From | m.omalley.au@gmail.com |
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| Date | 2020-04-16 07:33 -0700 |
| Subject | CP/M COBOL for the Apple ][ - Please Help |
| Message-ID | <21343fcf-e1d8-4ce8-88fc-dd159339fc99@googlegroups.com> |
Tracked down CP/M COBOL, got it loaded under AppleWin, but having trouble compiling programs. CP/M COBOL comes on 2 disk images: * CPM_COBOL-80_A.dsk * CPM_COBOL-80_B.dsk Disk A: contains: linker (L80.com), Macro assembler (M80.com), cross reference map creator (CREF80.com) and includes 2 cobol source files: SQUAREO.cob and CRTest.cob. Disk B: contains the cobol compiler (COBOL.COM) and 4 overlay (OVR) files. This setup brings back memories of the MS-DOS tools I used to compile programs (especially Fortran and COBOL) back in the early 1980's. Everything looks complete. Assume I need to run COBOL.COM to compile the COB source file to generate some kind of REL file, and then L80 linker to create a COM file. (Not sure how the Macro Assembler M80 fits into the chain yet, but it's got to be before before the linker, L80). Nothing I have tried so far is working ... here's some of the commands I have tried just for the COBOL.com: A>B:COBOL A:SQUAREO.cob ?command error COBOL-80 v4.01 3-Oct-80 Copyright 1979,80 Microsoft * A>B:COBOL A:SQUAREO (same result as above) B: B>COBOL A:SQUAREO (same result as above) B>COBOL A:SQUAREO.cob (same result as above) I've tracked down user manual (Microsoft_COBOL-80_1978.pdf) and had a good read of the relevant parts, but the compile and link examples are for Fortran not COBOL (in a COBOL manual !!). Can anyone shed light on what I need to do ? TIA, Moose Moose's Software Valley (since July, 1996)
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| From | James Davis <JPD.Enterprises@outlook.com> |
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| Date | 2020-04-17 00:33 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <67eb91ed-ff9e-4a62-8eaf-91ed9ed6d6e9@googlegroups.com> |
| In reply to | #5497 |
On Thursday, April 16, 2020 at 7:33:24 AM UTC-7, m.oma...@gmail.com wrote: > Tracked down CP/M COBOL, got it loaded under AppleWin, but having trouble compiling programs. > > CP/M COBOL comes on 2 disk images: > * CPM_COBOL-80_A.dsk > * CPM_COBOL-80_B.dsk > > Disk A: contains: linker (L80.com), Macro assembler (M80.com), cross reference map creator (CREF80.com) and includes 2 cobol source files: SQUAREO.cob and CRTest.cob. > > Disk B: contains the cobol compiler (COBOL.COM) and 4 overlay (OVR) files. > > This setup brings back memories of the MS-DOS tools I used to compile programs (especially Fortran and COBOL) back in the early 1980's. Everything looks complete. > > Assume I need to run COBOL.COM to compile the COB source file to generate some kind of REL file, and then L80 linker to create a COM file. (Not sure how the Macro Assembler M80 fits into the chain yet, but it's got to be before before the linker, L80). > > Nothing I have tried so far is working ... here's some of the commands I have tried just for the COBOL.com: > > A>B:COBOL A:SQUAREO.cob > ?command error > COBOL-80 v4.01 3-Oct-80 Copyright 1979,80 Microsoft > * > > A>B:COBOL A:SQUAREO > (same result as above) > > B: > B>COBOL A:SQUAREO > (same result as above) > > B>COBOL A:SQUAREO.cob > (same result as above) > > I've tracked down user manual (Microsoft_COBOL-80_1978.pdf) and had a good read of the relevant parts, but the compile and link examples are for Fortran not COBOL (in a COBOL manual !!). > > Can anyone shed light on what I need to do ? > > TIA, > > Moose > Moose's Software Valley (since July, 1996) Try downloading and searching the index file on Asimov at <ftp://ftp.apple.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/> for COBOL documentation. You might find what your looking for there.
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| From | James Davis <JPD.Enterprises@outlook.com> |
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| Date | 2020-04-17 00:43 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <e1253267-f09b-42d8-af4e-b0f7769524cf@googlegroups.com> |
| In reply to | #5499 |
On Friday, April 17, 2020 at 12:33:31 AM UTC-7, James Davis wrote: > On Thursday, April 16, 2020 at 7:33:24 AM UTC-7, m.oma...@gmail.com wrote: > > Tracked down CP/M COBOL, got it loaded under AppleWin, but having trouble compiling programs. > > > > CP/M COBOL comes on 2 disk images: > > * CPM_COBOL-80_A.dsk > > * CPM_COBOL-80_B.dsk > > > > Disk A: contains: linker (L80.com), Macro assembler (M80.com), cross reference map creator (CREF80.com) and includes 2 cobol source files: SQUAREO.cob and CRTest.cob. > > > > Disk B: contains the cobol compiler (COBOL.COM) and 4 overlay (OVR) files. > > > > This setup brings back memories of the MS-DOS tools I used to compile programs (especially Fortran and COBOL) back in the early 1980's. Everything looks complete. > > > > Assume I need to run COBOL.COM to compile the COB source file to generate some kind of REL file, and then L80 linker to create a COM file. (Not sure how the Macro Assembler M80 fits into the chain yet, but it's got to be before before the linker, L80). > > > > Nothing I have tried so far is working ... here's some of the commands I have tried just for the COBOL.com: > > > > A>B:COBOL A:SQUAREO.cob > > ?command error > > COBOL-80 v4.01 3-Oct-80 Copyright 1979,80 Microsoft > > * > > > > A>B:COBOL A:SQUAREO > > (same result as above) > > > > B: > > B>COBOL A:SQUAREO > > (same result as above) > > > > B>COBOL A:SQUAREO.cob > > (same result as above) > > > > I've tracked down user manual (Microsoft_COBOL-80_1978.pdf) and had a good read of the relevant parts, but the compile and link examples are for Fortran not COBOL (in a COBOL manual !!). > > > > Can anyone shed light on what I need to do ? > > > > TIA, > > > > Moose > > Moose's Software Valley (since July, 1996) > > Try downloading and searching the index file on Asimov at <ftp://ftp.apple.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/> for COBOL documentation. > You might find what your looking for there. You have probably already read this: https://apple2history.org/history/ah17/#04 https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwj_luOK-u7oAhVTKH0KHWqkCF0QFjAAegQIAhAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fapple2history.org%2Fhistory%2Fah17%2F&usg=AOvVaw2olJl6wDtUbYSXqhEDR6HQ
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| From | James Davis <JPD.Enterprises@outlook.com> |
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| Date | 2020-04-17 00:46 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <441d7b79-7748-4d5f-8d55-6921b4582e97@googlegroups.com> |
| In reply to | #5500 |
On Friday, April 17, 2020 at 12:43:46 AM UTC-7, James Davis wrote: > On Friday, April 17, 2020 at 12:33:31 AM UTC-7, James Davis wrote: > > On Thursday, April 16, 2020 at 7:33:24 AM UTC-7, m.oma...@gmail.com wrote: > > > Tracked down CP/M COBOL, got it loaded under AppleWin, but having trouble compiling programs. > > > > > > CP/M COBOL comes on 2 disk images: > > > * CPM_COBOL-80_A.dsk > > > * CPM_COBOL-80_B.dsk > > > > > > Disk A: contains: linker (L80.com), Macro assembler (M80.com), cross reference map creator (CREF80.com) and includes 2 cobol source files: SQUAREO.cob and CRTest.cob. > > > > > > Disk B: contains the cobol compiler (COBOL.COM) and 4 overlay (OVR) files. > > > > > > This setup brings back memories of the MS-DOS tools I used to compile programs (especially Fortran and COBOL) back in the early 1980's. Everything looks complete. > > > > > > Assume I need to run COBOL.COM to compile the COB source file to generate some kind of REL file, and then L80 linker to create a COM file. (Not sure how the Macro Assembler M80 fits into the chain yet, but it's got to be before before the linker, L80). > > > > > > Nothing I have tried so far is working ... here's some of the commands I have tried just for the COBOL.com: > > > > > > A>B:COBOL A:SQUAREO.cob > > > ?command error > > > COBOL-80 v4.01 3-Oct-80 Copyright 1979,80 Microsoft > > > * > > > > > > A>B:COBOL A:SQUAREO > > > (same result as above) > > > > > > B: > > > B>COBOL A:SQUAREO > > > (same result as above) > > > > > > B>COBOL A:SQUAREO.cob > > > (same result as above) > > > > > > I've tracked down user manual (Microsoft_COBOL-80_1978.pdf) and had a good read of the relevant parts, but the compile and link examples are for Fortran not COBOL (in a COBOL manual !!). > > > > > > Can anyone shed light on what I need to do ? > > > > > > TIA, > > > > > > Moose > > > Moose's Software Valley (since July, 1996) > > > > Try downloading and searching the index file on Asimov at <ftp://ftp.apple.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/> for COBOL documentation. > > You might find what your looking for there. > > You have probably already read this: https://apple2history.org/history/ah17/#04 > > https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwj_luOK-u7oAhVTKH0KHWqkCF0QFjAAegQIAhAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fapple2history.org%2Fhistory%2Fah17%2F&usg=AOvVaw2olJl6wDtUbYSXqhEDR6HQ Googled, "COBAL AND APPLE II"
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| From | m.omalley.au@gmail.com |
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| Date | 2020-04-17 03:17 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <bec52681-58dc-4f2b-8411-c0c066b8c9c7@googlegroups.com> |
| In reply to | #5501 |
On Friday, April 17, 2020 at 5:46:16 PM UTC+10, James Davis wrote: > Googled, "COBAL AND APPLE II" Done that extensively, well before making this original post. Moose
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| From | m.omalley.au@gmail.com |
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| Date | 2020-04-17 03:19 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <7a152d80-9e73-4e12-9690-11f605c142ad@googlegroups.com> |
| In reply to | #5499 |
On Friday, April 17, 2020 at 5:33:31 PM UTC+10, James Davis wrote: > Try downloading and searching the index file on Asimov at <ftp://ftp.apple.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/> for COBOL documentation. > You might find what your looking for there. Thanks, already very familiar with Asimov. And I did search Asimov and other Apple ][ sites, and searched extensively for CP/M COBOL before making my original post. Moose
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| From | gids.rs@sasktel.net |
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| Date | 2020-04-17 11:28 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <8e038eb6-05b8-4d9f-881b-302284c29bda@googlegroups.com> |
| In reply to | #5503 |
You are probably in the same boat I was with The Forth language. Too many incomplete systems, but after disassembling each one and coming across the source of one popular application, I am able to program a more complete Forth system that has the best traits of all the other Forths. It was even much easier to port some words written for a Forth system written for another platform. Until recently I didn’t think any applications were written with Forth. A complete working application and its source helped me out a lot. You may have to do the same and find a complete working application in Cobol to see how they managed the discrepancy
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| From | awanderin <awanderin@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2020-04-17 17:30 -0600 |
| Message-ID | <yubblnpzo4c.fsf@gmail.com> |
| In reply to | #5504 |
gids.rs@sasktel.net writes: > You are probably in the same boat I was with The Forth language. Too > many incomplete systems, but after disassembling each one and coming > across the source of one popular application, I am able to program a > more complete Forth system that has the best traits of all the other > Forths. > > It was even much easier to port some words written for a Forth system > written for another platform. > > Until recently I didn’t think any applications were written with > Forth. A complete working application and its source helped me out a > lot. > > You may have to do the same and find a complete working application in > Cobol to see how they managed the discrepancy For what it's worth, the game Amnesia (by electronic arts) was written in Forth. The game's english parser is really just a forth vocabulary. -- Jerry awanderin at gmail dot com
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| From | Antoine Vignau <ntn.vignau@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2020-04-17 18:55 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <4b786995-966b-44d9-8ccb-b7a51a591d6d@googlegroups.com> |
| In reply to | #5505 |
For what it is Forth (ahem), a couple of games (eg. Spider Raid at http://www.hackzapple.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1321) and eduware (eg. Broderbund) were written in Forth, av
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| From | m.omalley.au@gmail.com |
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| Date | 2020-04-22 06:12 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <a2715ba9-3b71-4d79-90c8-c2607668076f@googlegroups.com> |
| In reply to | #5504 |
On Saturday, April 18, 2020 at 4:28:16 AM UTC+10, gid...@sasktel.net wrote: > You may have to do the same and find a complete working application in Cobol to see how they managed the discrepancy Will keep searching and trying stuff out. Am also checking out CP/M COBOL for other systems to see if I can get any more clues ... Will report back here and upload my notes and files to Asimov if I can get things to work. Moose
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| From | djay <geewilly@netzero.net> |
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| Date | 2020-04-27 16:16 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <8ce27b3c-964e-4a88-a489-951684eacd47@googlegroups.com> |
| In reply to | #5497 |
On Thursday, April 16, 2020 at 9:33:24 AM UTC-5, m.oma...@gmail.com wrote: > Tracked down CP/M COBOL, got it loaded under AppleWin, but having trouble compiling programs. > > CP/M COBOL comes on 2 disk images: > * CPM_COBOL-80_A.dsk > * CPM_COBOL-80_B.dsk > > Disk A: contains: linker (L80.com), Macro assembler (M80.com), cross reference map creator (CREF80.com) and includes 2 cobol source files: SQUAREO.cob and CRTest.cob. > > Disk B: contains the cobol compiler (COBOL.COM) and 4 overlay (OVR) files. > > This setup brings back memories of the MS-DOS tools I used to compile programs (especially Fortran and COBOL) back in the early 1980's. Everything looks complete. > > Assume I need to run COBOL.COM to compile the COB source file to generate some kind of REL file, and then L80 linker to create a COM file. (Not sure how the Macro Assembler M80 fits into the chain yet, but it's got to be before before the linker, L80). > > Nothing I have tried so far is working ... here's some of the commands I have tried just for the COBOL.com: > > A>B:COBOL A:SQUAREO.cob > ?command error > COBOL-80 v4.01 3-Oct-80 Copyright 1979,80 Microsoft > * > > A>B:COBOL A:SQUAREO > (same result as above) > > B: > B>COBOL A:SQUAREO > (same result as above) > > B>COBOL A:SQUAREO.cob > (same result as above) > > I've tracked down user manual (Microsoft_COBOL-80_1978.pdf) and had a good read of the relevant parts, but the compile and link examples are for Fortran not COBOL (in a COBOL manual !!). > > Can anyone shed light on what I need to do ? > > TIA, > > Moose > Moose's Software Valley (since July, 1996) Try this to compile SQUAREO.COB,place a listing in SQUAREO.PRN and place object code in SQUAREO.REL A>B:COBOL A:SQUAREO,A:SQUAREO=A:SQUAREO Next, use L80 and switches to save SQUAREO.COM to disk and exit A>L80 SQUAREO/N,SQUAREO/E Execute program by typing A>SQUAREO I hope this helps!
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| From | djay <geewilly@netzero.net> |
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| Date | 2020-04-27 16:49 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <b0940111-c54b-46e0-9588-dc5bac356d88@googlegroups.com> |
| In reply to | #5512 |
On Monday, April 27, 2020 at 6:16:23 PM UTC-5, djay wrote: > On Thursday, April 16, 2020 at 9:33:24 AM UTC-5, m.oma...@gmail.com wrote: > > Tracked down CP/M COBOL, got it loaded under AppleWin, but having trouble compiling programs. > > > > CP/M COBOL comes on 2 disk images: > > * CPM_COBOL-80_A.dsk > > * CPM_COBOL-80_B.dsk > > > > Disk A: contains: linker (L80.com), Macro assembler (M80.com), cross reference map creator (CREF80.com) and includes 2 cobol source files: SQUAREO.cob and CRTest.cob. > > > > Disk B: contains the cobol compiler (COBOL.COM) and 4 overlay (OVR) files. > > > > This setup brings back memories of the MS-DOS tools I used to compile programs (especially Fortran and COBOL) back in the early 1980's. Everything looks complete. > > > > Assume I need to run COBOL.COM to compile the COB source file to generate some kind of REL file, and then L80 linker to create a COM file. (Not sure how the Macro Assembler M80 fits into the chain yet, but it's got to be before before the linker, L80). > > > > Nothing I have tried so far is working ... here's some of the commands I have tried just for the COBOL.com: > > > > A>B:COBOL A:SQUAREO.cob > > ?command error > > COBOL-80 v4.01 3-Oct-80 Copyright 1979,80 Microsoft > > * > > > > A>B:COBOL A:SQUAREO > > (same result as above) > > > > B: > > B>COBOL A:SQUAREO > > (same result as above) > > > > B>COBOL A:SQUAREO.cob > > (same result as above) > > > > I've tracked down user manual (Microsoft_COBOL-80_1978.pdf) and had a good read of the relevant parts, but the compile and link examples are for Fortran not COBOL (in a COBOL manual !!). > > > > Can anyone shed light on what I need to do ? > > > > TIA, > > > > Moose > > Moose's Software Valley (since July, 1996) > Typo correction Try this to compile SQUAREO.COB,place a listing in SQUAREO.PRN and place object code in SQUAREO.REL B>:COBOL A:SQUAREO,A:SQUAREO=A:SQUAREO Next, use L80 and switches to save SQUAREO.COM to disk and exit A>L80 SQUAREO/N,SQUAREO/E Execute program by typing A>SQUAREO I hope this helps!
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| From | m.omalley.au@gmail.com |
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| Date | 2020-05-02 05:57 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <9257477a-914e-42e8-affd-3d59464db6ef@googlegroups.com> |
| In reply to | #5513 |
On Tuesday, April 28, 2020 at 9:49:09 AM UTC+10, djay wrote: > I hope this helps! Thank you DJay - will give this a go. Moose
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| From | gids.rs@sasktel.net |
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| Date | 2020-04-28 12:09 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <d673b977-a0e9-40b9-abb3-8eaa3f323bbc@googlegroups.com> |
| In reply to | #5497 |
On Thursday, April 16, 2020 at 8:33:24 AM UTC-6, m.oma...@gmail.com wrote: > Tracked down CP/M COBOL, got it loaded under AppleWin, but having trouble compiling programs. > > CP/M COBOL comes on 2 disk images: > * CPM_COBOL-80_A.dsk > * CPM_COBOL-80_B.dsk > > Disk A: contains: linker (L80.com), Macro assembler (M80.com), cross reference map creator (CREF80.com) and includes 2 cobol source files: SQUAREO.cob and CRTest.cob. > > Disk B: contains the cobol compiler (COBOL.COM) and 4 overlay (OVR) files. > > This setup brings back memories of the MS-DOS tools I used to compile programs (especially Fortran and COBOL) back in the early 1980's. Everything looks complete. > > Assume I need to run COBOL.COM to compile the COB source file to generate some kind of REL file, and then L80 linker to create a COM file. (Not sure how the Macro Assembler M80 fits into the chain yet, but it's got to be before before the linker, L80). > > Nothing I have tried so far is working ... here's some of the commands I have tried just for the COBOL.com: > > A>B:COBOL A:SQUAREO.cob > ?command error > COBOL-80 v4.01 3-Oct-80 Copyright 1979,80 Microsoft > * > > A>B:COBOL A:SQUAREO > (same result as above) > > B: > B>COBOL A:SQUAREO > (same result as above) > > B>COBOL A:SQUAREO.cob > (same result as above) > > I've tracked down user manual (Microsoft_COBOL-80_1978.pdf) and had a good read of the relevant parts, but the compile and link examples are for Fortran not COBOL (in a COBOL manual !!). > > Can anyone shed light on what I need to do ? > > TIA, > > Moose > Moose's Software Valley (since July, 1996) Looks like someone just uploaded COBOL on facebook to their dropbox. It is the same version # 4.68 as the ones you have but: 1) the file sizes are different (larger) 2) there are 4 disks 3) a scanned COBOL users guide is included 4) seems to be more complete than the 2 disk
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| From | gids.rs@sasktel.net |
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| Date | 2020-04-28 12:34 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <baf9f676-8c74-4cb0-8d4f-da4155eabca2@googlegroups.com> |
| In reply to | #5514 |
On Tuesday, April 28, 2020 at 1:09:37 PM UTC-6, gid...@sasktel.net wrote: > On Thursday, April 16, 2020 at 8:33:24 AM UTC-6, m.oma...@gmail.com wrote: > > Tracked down CP/M COBOL, got it loaded under AppleWin, but having trouble compiling programs. > > > > CP/M COBOL comes on 2 disk images: > > * CPM_COBOL-80_A.dsk > > * CPM_COBOL-80_B.dsk > > > > Disk A: contains: linker (L80.com), Macro assembler (M80.com), cross reference map creator (CREF80.com) and includes 2 cobol source files: SQUAREO.cob and CRTest.cob. > > > > Disk B: contains the cobol compiler (COBOL.COM) and 4 overlay (OVR) files. > > > > This setup brings back memories of the MS-DOS tools I used to compile programs (especially Fortran and COBOL) back in the early 1980's. Everything looks complete. > > > > Assume I need to run COBOL.COM to compile the COB source file to generate some kind of REL file, and then L80 linker to create a COM file. (Not sure how the Macro Assembler M80 fits into the chain yet, but it's got to be before before the linker, L80). > > > > Nothing I have tried so far is working ... here's some of the commands I have tried just for the COBOL.com: > > > > A>B:COBOL A:SQUAREO.cob > > ?command error > > COBOL-80 v4.01 3-Oct-80 Copyright 1979,80 Microsoft > > * > > > > A>B:COBOL A:SQUAREO > > (same result as above) > > > > B: > > B>COBOL A:SQUAREO > > (same result as above) > > > > B>COBOL A:SQUAREO.cob > > (same result as above) > > > > I've tracked down user manual (Microsoft_COBOL-80_1978.pdf) and had a good read of the relevant parts, but the compile and link examples are for Fortran not COBOL (in a COBOL manual !!). > > > > Can anyone shed light on what I need to do ? > > > > TIA, > > > > Moose > > Moose's Software Valley (since July, 1996) > > > > Looks like someone just uploaded COBOL on facebook to their dropbox. It is the same version # 4.68 as the ones you have but: > > 1) the file sizes are different (larger) > 2) there are 4 disks > 3) a scanned COBOL users guide is included > 4) seems to be more complete than the 2 disk Here is his drop box if you are not on facebook https://www.dropbox.com/s/k004y6ezr5z44hg/Microsoft%20COBOL%20V4_68%20para%20Apple%20II.rar?dl=0&fbclid=IwAR2Beii6pU15IpVPchZ2542tGSV3eGosQBsRxws7aiQlN6B0G-PNYrqIFuM
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| From | m.omalley.au@gmail.com |
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| Date | 2020-05-02 05:37 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <8c673fa0-3efc-4f7c-856b-b0a97e51ccb2@googlegroups.com> |
| In reply to | #5515 |
On Wednesday, April 29, 2020 at 5:34:10 AM UTC+10, gid...@sasktel.net wrote: > Here is his drop box if you are not on facebook > > https://www.dropbox.com/s/k004y6ezr5z44hg/Microsoft%20COBOL%20V4_68%20para%20Apple%20II.rar?dl=0&fbclid=IwAR2Beii6pU15IpVPchZ2542tGSV3eGosQBsRxws7aiQlN6B0G-PNYrqIFuM Ahhh, thank you. Will check this out and ensure this is on Asimov. Moose Moose's Software Valley
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