Jeff Kell <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message
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> "Leonard S. Berkowitz" wrote:
> >
> > Walter Murray asks:
> >
> > <<Did COBEDIT exist in 1983?  I seem to recall that support for KSAM
> > copy libraries in COBOL II predated the COBEDIT utility.>>
> >
> > It even existed in 1981 when I worked at my first HP3000 job.
>
> COBEDIT came with COBOL-II, which came out in the Series II/III days,
> and required special firmware for the extended instruction set (for
> output editing, decimal arithmetic, etc).
>
> Jeff
>
Hi, Jeff
That' RIGHT!!, Firmware board use for floating point and Pack-Decimal(?) I
remember on time
Board was bad, It was Ok until issue the special instruction, got shock with
system failure.
COBOL II may be around since 85ish, But COBEDIT I remember much earlier.
COBOLII Finally COBOL looks like SPL, In line Perform Until,
Evaluate....except reclusive routine...

Cheers
Peter C.