Microsoft KB Archive/21181

System Requirements and Limitations for Microsoft COBOL

PSS ID Number: Q21181 Article last modified on 11-16-1992

2.00 2.10 2.20 MS-DOS

Summary: The following are the system requirements for Microsoft COBOL: 1. A minimum of 192K of memory is required. 2. Two disk drives are recommended; however, you can use Microsoft COBOL with just one double-sided disk drive. 3. MS-DOS Version 2.00 or later is required. The following are the system limitations for Microsoft COBOL: 1. Each Microsoft COBOL program is limited to 64K of code. A Microsoft COBOL system consisting of a main program and one or more subprograms may contain more than 64K of code, but each program is limited to 64K of code. 2. The entire system is limited to approximately 60K of WORKING-STORAGE data.

Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1992.