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THE OFFICE ON ITS EAR. Stanley's office staff says Stanley always stays one step ahead. S > no one was surprised when he showed up with Microsoft's COBOL-80 for the office computer. That's when things started happening. As Stanley explains, "Suddenly, the whole business operation is more efficient. 1 use it for everything: inventory, payroll, record keeping, customer and employee files. Since COBOL is the standard language for business and commercial applicant his, mi >re pn grams are written in COBOL than any other language. Believe me. nothing beats it in terms of pi >weif nl use of disk files, data manipulation facilities and interactive ter- minal ci immunicatii ins'.' Stanley added loudly, "And that's versatility and efficiency I'd like to see more of around here. "Mv COBOL-80 package from Microsoft includes the MACRO-80 assembler, LINK-80 linking loader and LIB-80 relocatable library manager. I can even call FORTRAN, BASIC, assembler and COBOL modules from a COBOL- 80 program. It's perfect—a total software develop- ment package',' exclaimed Stanley. Mien »s( »ft's C( )BOL-80 isan ANSI-74 standard O )B( )L that supports such advanced data manipulation verbs as COMPUTE. INSPECT, STRING, UNSTRING AND SEARCH: three- dimensional arrays: full COPY facility; and com- plete screen handling capability. The optional packed decimal format saves on mass storage by as much as 40%. And as Stanley puts it, "With my floppy disk system, that's a big plus!' Stanley can't say enough al> nit his new addition to the office. "COBOL-80 supports indexed and relative files, including DYNAMIC access. FILE STATUS. START. READ NEXT, DELETE and REWRITE. Best of all. interactive ACCEPT/ DISPLAY gives the most powerful screen handling capability jxissible. "Frankly!' says Stanley, "Microsoft COBOL- 80's performance is so superior it's set a whole new standard of efficiency for my staff. My new motto? 'Shape up or ship out! Thanks Microsoft, my office will never be the same!' The COBOL-80 package for the CP/M or IS1S-I1 operating system with documentation is $750. Documentation may be purchased sepa- rately for $20. Dealer purchases and OEM license agreements available on request. nm 10800 N.E. Eighth Suite 819 Bellevue, Washington 98004 206/455-8080 Telex 328945 We set the standard. iff Circle 232 on inquiry card.