HP 3000 Manuals

COBOL/HP-UX Language Reference for the Series 700 and 800

DBCS Data 

(VSC2) (MF)

The DBCS directive makes your COBOL compiler recognize two data
categories in which data is stored in DBCS. It does not prevent the use
of other data categories; thus you can still use those data categories in
which data is stored in SBCS.

Provided you have the necessary hardware support, DBCS data items used in
input and output will be recognized and their data displayed and accepted
correctly on such devices as screens, keyboard, printers, et cetera.

MPE/iX 5.0 Documentation