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Installing ICOBOL - DOS/Novell


In the following instructions, host PC will refer to any non-network ("boca board") or single computer on which the Mortgage Computer software resides. Server will refer to a Novell network server. On a network server, the \mc directory will be mapped to a drive letter which will be designated as M: in these instructions, although it may be any available drive letter. Cobol268 will refer to any version of ICOBOL 2.68.


Before installing, the existing mcaobj directory, which has program files with cd extensions, must be replaced by program files with cx extensions. Novell systems also require that file and print sharing in Windows be installed and each terminal needs an eight-character or less computer name. (Control panel, network, identification.)

A hardware security plug for ICOBOL must be installed on the parallel port (LPT1) of the host PC. On Novell systems, there must be a plug installed on the parallel port of each workstation to be used as an MC terminal.

1. Create a cobol268 directory on M: or the host PC.
2. Insert CDROM in host or a workstation if you have the ICOBOL CD. If not, download from ICOBOL Web site www.icobol.com. Make sure you do not go beyond 2.68
3. Copy the ICOBOL directory (along with all of subdirectories) into the cobol268 directory created in Step 1.
4. Copy the current pclink file from the existing ichost directory into the new ICOBOL directory.
5. In the ICOBOL directory type iclink -i iclink.lk pclink.
6.
Configure ICOBOL per instructions here
7.
Create a license file per instructions here

For Novell system you will need one license file and security plug on each workstation to be used as an MC terminal.

8. On a stand-alone or host PC and all Novell workstations, add the following lines to the autoexec.bat file:

    Cd \cobol268 (On Novell systems this will read cd \mc)
    Icpermit
    Cd\

9. On a stand-alone or host PC and all Novell workstations, add the following lines to the config.sys file:

    Files = 120
    Buffers = 30,0

10. With your favorite text editor, create a batch file called upicobol.bat to look like the following examples:

    PC Host use this example:
    @echo off
    OLDPATH=%PATH%
    PATH=c:\cobol268;%PATH%
    SET ICROOT=c:\cobol268
    Cd\mcadata
    C:\cobol268\icrun.exe -iC c:\cobol268\system.cf -P c:\cobol268\system.pq
    Cd\
    PATH=%OLDPATH%
    Novell use this example:
    OLDPATH=%PATH%
    PATH=m:\cobol268,%PATH%
    set ICROOT=m:\cobol268
    m:
    cd\mcadata
    m:\cobol268\icrun.exe -iC m:\system.cf -P m:\system.pq -T TN
    cd\
    c:
    cd\
    PATH=%OLDPATH%


On Novell systems the above batch file will be copied to each MC terminal. At that time the TN will be replaced with a unique terminal number on each PC.


Updated July 20. 2010 at 10:12 a.m.