kilroy@mimsy.UUCP (Darren F. Provine) (04/12/89)
I have a machine which runs Unix SV on an MC68010, and this machine has some files with real numbers in them. This is attached (via a DR-11W) to a VAX running VMS. The problem is that a VAX uses a different format than a MC68010 to represent real numbers, and I can't come up with a good way to convert them. Does anyone know of a good algorithm (or a bad one) to do this? It doesn't matter from which end (ie, it can run on the VAX after the numbers are transferred or on the Unix box beforehand), but if you send code for the VAX it has to be FORTRAN (grumble grumble grumble). E-mail replies if possible and I'll post a summary. kilroy@mimsy.umd.edu Darren F. Provine ...uunet!mimsy!kilroy "I use not only all the brains I have, but all those I can borrow as well." -- Woodrow Wilson