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- From: bob@consult.UUCP (Bob Willey)
- Newsgroups: alt.cobol
- Subject: Re: Student seeking alternative
- Message-ID: <1307@consult.UUCP>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 02:15:56 GMT
- References: <GWELKER.1.727732957@bsa3.kent.edu>
- Reply-To: bob@consult.UUCP (Bob Willey)
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- In article <GWELKER.1.727732957@bsa3.kent.edu> GWELKER@bsa3.kent.edu (Greg Welker) writes:
- >I'm a commuter (hour and twenty minutes one-way) and am presently taking
- >my first programming class. Because of this lengthy drive I would really
- >like to purchase COBOL for my PC and work on assignments at home.
- >However, I've been told by several sources that PC versions compatible with
- >KSU's mainframe COBOL are severely out of my price range (my range is $150 -
- >$300). Is this true? If so, I would really appreciate any recommendations.
-
- Well, I am not sure if this is what you have
- in mind, but on our BBS, there is a copy of a
- shareware or public domain (don't remember which)
- Cobol Compiler that will probably meet your needs.
- Nothing fancy, but pretty complete.
-
- Doesn't compete with the $4500 compilers, but.....
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- CCS Tech Support BBS (410) 476-5098 1200/2400/9600/14,400 v.32bis
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