You might be able to get info out of the following documents from HP. I have not looked at them bu they are in the MPE Documents section: COBOL/HP-UX Compatibility Guide for the Series 700 and 800 http://www.docs.hp.com/cgi-bin/doc3k/BB243390012.12979/1 COBOL/HP-UX Error Messages for the Series 700 and 800 http://www.docs.hp.com/cgi-bin/doc3k/BB243390014.12998/1 COBOL/HP-UX Getting Started for the Series 700 and 800 http://www.docs.hp.com/cgi-bin/doc3k/BB243390006.13011/1 COBOL/HP-UX Language Reference for the Series 700 and 800 http://www.docs.hp.com/cgi-bin/doc3k/BB243390008.13027/1 COBOL/HP-UX Operating Guide for the Series 700 and 800 http://www.docs.hp.com/cgi-bin/doc3k/BB243390010.13032/1 This manual does not cover MPE COBOL but you might find some gotchas to look for… Compatibility Guide: http://docs.hp.com/hpux/onlinedocs/dev/cobol/cg/cgpubb.htm Other manuals can be found at http://docs.hp.com/hpux/dev/index.html#COBOL Since the COBOL specifications are ANSI standards you can probably download the standards from their site and check which standards are supported by the vendors you are interested in. MicroFocus COBOL supports a number of different dialects (see Compatibility Guide above). COBOL/II is not in the guide but that does not necessarily mean they do not have anything - it could just not be popular enough. If you have an Interex membership (I don't), they might have some conference presentations and other technical material. * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *
