Bruce pointed out the error of my ways:
 
>You're doing something wrong: you're using a compiler/linker that's too
>smart for its own good :-). Pascal places information in the object file
>that gives the types of the variables it expects. The linker checks this;
>COBOL puts information about the minimum width acceptable. Since the two
>don't match, the link fails. However, when you use a C routine instead:
>
>      int  croutine(int p1, int p2, int p3, int p4, int p5, int p6)
>
>and then call it, the right values -- with the right alignment -- get put
>in the right places.
 
Thanks Bruce! I guess it was too much to ask for three products from the
same company for the same system to operate together cohesively and correctly!
 
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