Microsoft KB Archive/32982

CP/M-80 COBOL Steps for Compiling, Linking, and Running

PSS ID Number: Q32982 Article last modified on 04-21-1993

4.68 CP/M-80

Summary: The following steps demonstrate how to compile, link, and run a program in Microsoft COBOL Version 4.68 (for Apple II Computer with Microsoft SoftCard and CP/M-80; or for other computers that support CP/M-80): 1. Place the Working/Source Disk in Drive A and the Compiler Disk in Drive B. 2. Type “B:” (without quotation marks). 3. Type “COBOL =A:filename/L” (without quotation marks). 4. Remove the Compiler Disk from Drive B. 5. Insert the Linker Disk in Drive B. 6. Press CTRL-C. 7. Type “L80 A:filename/N,A:filename/E” (without quotation marks). 8. Type “A:” (without quotation marks). 9. Type the filename to run the executable .COM program.

Additional reference words: 4.68 Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1993.