<s>
that	O
developed	O
an	O
application-program-generator	B-Application
and	O
also	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
accounting	B-Application
software	I-Application
packages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
magazines	O
ran	O
coverage	O
for	O
their	O
SB-5	O
application-program-generator	B-Application
as	O
from	O
time	O
to	O
time	O
new	O
versions	O
were	O
released	O
,	O
each	O
with	O
new	O
or	O
improved	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
's	O
initial	O
offerings	O
were	O
packages	O
for	O
the	O
DEC	B-Device
PDP-8	I-Device
,	O
although	O
Business	B-Application
Controls	I-Application
Corporation	I-Application
also	O
wrote	O
custom-written	O
programs	O
for	O
customers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
addition	O
of	O
an	O
application-program-generator	B-Application
named	O
SB-5	O
that	O
,	O
from	O
specifications	O
,	O
could	O
generate	O
COBOL	B-Application
code	O
was	O
a	O
major	O
step	O
forward	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
this	O
began	O
with	O
supporting	O
the	O
DEC	B-Device
PDP-11	I-Device
,	O
they	O
subsequently	O
began	O
to	O
support	O
COBOL	B-Application
on	O
DEC	O
's	O
DECsystem-10	B-Device
&	O
DECSYSTEM-20	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
VAX	B-Device
support	O
came	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
specifications	O
also	O
permitted	O
COBOL	B-Application
inserts	O
and	O
overrides	O
:	O
SB-5	O
could	O
build	O
an	O
application	O
that	O
was	O
all	O
COBOL	B-Application
,	O
yet	O
only	O
code	O
the	O
portions	O
that	O
varied	O
from	O
BCC	O
's	O
"	O
vanilla	O
"	O
accounting	O
packages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Still	O
another	O
alternative	O
was	O
Peat	O
Marwick	O
Mitchell	O
's	O
PMM2170	O
application-program-generator	B-Application
package	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
the	O
others	O
,	O
it	O
supported	O
COBOL	B-Application
inserts	O
and	O
overrides	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Business	B-Application
Controls	I-Application
Corporation	I-Application
subsequently	O
extended	O
SB-5	O
'	O
s	O
feature	O
set	O
to	O
provide	O
support	O
for	O
System	O
1022	O
,	O
a	O
product	O
for	O
the	O
DEC-10	B-Device
&	O
DEC-20	B-Device
;	O
1022	O
's	O
vendor	O
also	O
had	O
a	O
VAX/VMS	B-Operating_System
(	O
later	O
OpenVMS	B-Operating_System
)	O
product	O
,	O
System	O
1032	O
.	O
</s>
