James Trudeau writes:

>Howdy,
>
>So we got our laser rom documentation awhile back and decided.....
>""Well if the 3k is down and we need references
>(long time since I fooled with VOLUTIL and such) what good will
>it do us on a dead 3k?".  So we loaded it on a PC file server.
>
>Yep, you got it. Now I need info and although the server is up
>the PC we were using as the client was disappeared and returned
>in pretty sad shape.  So no reference documents.
>Go figure.
>
>The question is a COBOL question.  In arithmetic functions such
>as ADD, MULTIPLY, COMPUTE you have a ROUNDED option.  If I recall
>the default is to round up but you can specify round down.
>What is the syntax for rounding down, or am I remembering
>some old IBM, or VAX or whatever syntax.

1. The client s/w for the HP LaserRom in on the cd-rom. You can
   just re-install it on any pc.

2. In perusing the cobol manual you have two choices:
   'round' - which is a round-up, or nothing which just
   does the operation without concern for rounding.

duane percox


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