Re: [Tiny-cobol-users] Open source COBOL G/L?

[David E. <de...@us...>]

John R. Culleton wrote:

 > Eons ago (well about 20 years ago) I developed my own
 > version of a G/L system in RM COBOL and offered it for
 > sale even.
 > Well, I have lost all the source code and don't have
 > the energy or perhaps even the skill level to start all over.
 > ...

If per chance you still have the binaries, and they happen to be DOS 
binaries (16 bit), you may still be able to use them on Linux and Win32.

I have an old 16-bit (DOS) COBOL compiler, I picked up at a yard sale.
Using DOSEMU and freeDOS, I can compile and run COBOL 16-bit DOS 
programs on Linux.

It will also run on Win32, well Win9x, I have not tried it on W2K/XP.
It does require a special 16-bit linker to create executables on Win32, 
which can (or useto) be found on one of the MS web sites for free.

Still, a lot of these COBOL compilers create some sort of object code, 
which require a run-time program, and this does complicate matters.
But still, DOSEMU and freeDOS are easy to install and run, so it may be 
worth a try.

Anyway, hope this helps.