I never used COBOL on the 150x machines, all of our stuff was done in EBB (Extended Business Basic), which was a rather bletcherous language IIRC. I must admit, I'm rather surprised to learn that something as big a COBOL would fit on the machine.
On Tue, 7 Apr 2020 at 19:46, jos via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Since you are all talking COBOL now : > > ftp://ftp.dreesen.ch/ICL1501 > > There is the manual for the early 70´s COBOL implementation for the > ICL1501, a small 8K or 16K TTL based personal computer ( TTL based CPU, > with 2x 74181 ALU and a 32x8 CRT display) > > Not the best of scans, but that alas reflects the material I have. > > Some other doku on the ICL1501 is also included : an operator guide and > tape utilities user guide. > > I do have the tape with the COBOL itself, alas no way yet of gettig it on > modern hardware. > > > And if anyone has dokumentation on the ICl1503 or 1501/43, in particular > the Diablo drive interface then I sure would like to see it ! > > Have the kontroller, but no documentation... > > > Al, as always, feel free to add any and all to bitsavers. > > > Jos > > >
