From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,MIME_QP_LONG_LINE, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 8530 invoked from network); 13 Jul 2023 20:51:31 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (50.116.15.146) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 13 Jul 2023 20:51:31 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0824542A6C; Fri, 14 Jul 2023 06:51:27 +1000 (AEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=tuhs.org; s=dkim; t=1689281487; h=from:from:reply-to:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date: message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references:list-id:list-help: list-owner:list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-post; bh=Voahh/COOycLmx5b2tBntHpHoGg0+l2G4Lxoqfl67vA=; b=ISaxhy0gWPFDYZU/4Dw4zMq97FtPw31P28ivUFCV+HXLc/4wAaFd2BwGPgMNJL00HV4gRx +Hr83SOtv+SkbQxaQ1+ZzG4y+dPRW8bdQXIgN+D9I+6GCpnWXQG0NEc+a7SsvlsYJQfy9U qRmvH5ClrO2UvHvdCUhG4IXdW/Pb9mQ= Received: from bagheera.alchemistowl.org (bagheera.alchemistowl.org [IPv6:2001:1620:ad1::21]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E31F242A6B for ; Fri, 14 Jul 2023 06:51:20 +1000 (AEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at bagheera.alchemistowl.org Received: from smtpclient.apple ([IPv6:2001:b07:ac9:7a58:b531:eab0:382c:1a64]) (authenticated bits=0) by bagheera.alchemistowl.org (8.17.1.26/8.16.1) with ESMTPSA id 36DKp52k068490 (version=TLSv1.3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128 verify=NO); Thu, 13 Jul 2023 20:51:06 GMT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2023 22:50:43 +0200 Message-Id: References: In-Reply-To: To: Clem Cole X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (20F75) Message-ID-Hash: VXXA45IBR2VOAV5C5NSSEMUFC5TBKUP7 X-Message-ID-Hash: VXXA45IBR2VOAV5C5NSSEMUFC5TBKUP7 X-MailFrom: arrigo@alchemistowl.org X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header CC: segaloco , The Eunuchs Hysterical Society X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: Bell COBOL Environment? List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: From: Arrigo Triulzi via TUHS Reply-To: Arrigo Triulzi X-Spam: Yes I have a bizarre memory of running COBOL on Microsoft/SCO Xenix System V por= ting and translating an application for petrol pumps, of all things, from En= glish to Italian. The license for the software was photocopied and not from e= ither Microsoft nor SCO (not that those licenses were original either=E2=80=A6= Italy in the =E2=80=9880s=E2=80=A6). Having said this I might have been using the Xenix box as a terminal into so= mething else although I doubt it as my UUCP node and my terminal were not th= at PC. It was ages ago and I was traumatised by both COBOL and the applicati= on.=20=