23 May
2019
23 May
'19
1:45 a.m.
Many of you know that my second-favorite computer -- the Apple //e is my favorite -- is MOBIDIC. I wrote in my book ("Abacus to smartphone" in 2015) that Sylvania gave it a COBOL compiler. Tonight I found a document that goes into detail about that compiler. I learned that Sylvania called the compiler "MOBILE", although it would've been much funnier if they called it MOBOL, don't you think? :) Pages 4-1, 4-2, and 4-3 (pages 11, 12, 13 of the .pdf) explain the programs that they wrote. Read all about it at https://ia902808.us.archive.org/27/items/DTIC_AD0406874/DTIC_AD0406874.pdf.