On Sun, Nov 19, 2017 at 1:28 PM, Herb Johnson via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
anyone use apple /// cobol, used it back when
. ... Waterloo Cobol for the SuperPET
There were a number of 8-bit COBOLs. CP/M versions in particular. I only used it on mainframes, and not much at that.
I glanced at SuperPET stuff recently. Didn't a lot of SuperPET stuff require the 6809 card? So it "ran" as 6809 code. Pure 6809 systems (SS-50 based) were semi-popular in the era. - Herb
Yes exactly, 6809. It seems like both the SuperPET and Apple /// Cobol were more for prototyping and testing syntax, one would upload their code to a mainframe to put into production. This is for obvious reasons (to me). I worked in a Cobol environment in my early days employed out of college. What I was asking specifically was, did anyone use Apple /// Cobol back when it was new? I did not get any replies that said, "yup me..". Back then I would have not minded a local copy because back then one had to (at IBM and DuPont) get a sign off every time one wanted to test an update or change. It was a pain in the butt. Having a local copy even if it was not exactly the same as the mainframe could have been a time saver, maybe. b