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From: frank@croton.dec.com (Frank Wortner)
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Subject: Re: IEEE<->DEC floating pt conversion wanted.
Keywords: IEEE to DEC, floating point conversion, float format, C routine
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Date: 24 Aug 89 17:02:24 GMT
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In article <3741@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu>, brg@ecelet.ncsu.edu (Bennett Groshong) writes:

> I have a need to be able to convert data files containing floating
> point numbers (i.e. 32bit floats and 64bit doubles) between IEEE and
> DEC floating point format. 

If you have a DECstation, there is a set of "undocumented" routines
for VAX/IEEE conversion in the standard library.  Details are in
"ULTRIX Release Notes for RISC Processors", Order Number
AA-ML77A-TE.  Look on page 78.

					Frank