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ND-10176A — COBOL for ND-100, version A

Status: IN-PROGRESS — no PD sheet, procedure inferred by pattern, NOT verified · Install source: [OBS] + [INF]

Field Value
Part number 10176A (3-part floppy set)
Base product ND-10176
Version A
Release date files dated 1981-03-19/23
CPU target ND-100 / NORD-10
OS requirement unknown

Description

The oldest located COBOL-100 release — compiler only, no ISAM or VTM screen-handling bundled on these three floppies. Ships the compiler in both :PROG and :BPUN forms (same dual-shape pattern seen in ND-10191A FORTRAN).

Distribution media

Floppy volume Contents
ND-10176A-PART1 COBOL:PROG (81 pages, pre-linked) and COBOL:BPUN (61 pages, raw) — the compiler, both forms
ND-10176A-PART2 LIST-COBOL-FILE:BPUN (50 pages) — a utility program
ND-10176A-PART3 COBLIB:BRF (82 pages, 1-bank runtime) and SEPARATE-COBLIB:BRF (63 pages — the 2-bank/"separate data" runtime; named differently from the later COBOL-1BANK/COBOL-2BANK convention, but the same concept)

Confirmed by downloading all three images and reading with ndtool -t.

Installation procedure — INFERRED, NOT CONFIRMED

No :MODE script and no PD sheet exist for this version. By pattern with every other manual-copy compiler in this catalog:

@ENTER-DIRECTORY ND-10176A-PART1,FLOPPY-DISC-1,0,
@COPY-FILE "COBOL:PROG",(SYSTEM)COBOL-100:PROG
@RELEASE-DIRECTORY ND-10176A-PART1
@ENTER-DIRECTORY ND-10176A-PART3,FLOPPY-DISC-1,0,
@COPY-FILE "COBLIB:BRF",(SYSTEM)COBLIB:BRF
@COPY-FILE "SEPARATE-COBLIB:BRF",(SYSTEM)SEPARATE-COBLIB:BRF
Then @DUMP-PROGRAM-REENTRANT COBOL-100,(SYSTEM)COBOL-100:PROG (using the pre-linked :PROG) — not verified.

Configuration / post-install

Unknown.

Documentation

Provenance & open items

  • Source: floppy directory listings via ndtool on all three downloaded images.
  • TODO: this install has not been run live in the emulator.

Parent: ../README.md (ND-10176 product overview)