Is there a free/demo version of COBOL with multi-user support?

Question

I have been using COBOL 85 for a long time, including work with merging COBOL and Z80 assembly. However traditional COBOL doesn't support multi-user/shareable (ie can run concurrently from various terminals) concepts.

Can anyone recommend a newer version of COBOL that will let me rewrite my existing code with minimal effort?

Is there a free/demo version I could test with?

Answer 1

Here is a list
Check out OpenCobol or wildcat compiler for .Net

Answer 2

You can try Universal COBOL Compiler (UCC), which is a COBOL to Java bytecode compiler.

Answer 3

Microfocus provide a number of COBOL compilers.

They have an IDE (NetExpress) and also develop COBOL.Net which integrates COBOL into Visual Studio and allows you to leverage the power of the .Net classes.