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From: mchinni@pica.army.mil (Michael J. Chinni, SMCAR-CCS-E)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re:  IBM, HONEYWELL OCTAL CODES TO UNIX PROBLEM
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Date: 20 Oct 89 21:42:48 GMT
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Charley,

	If the Unisys has a C compiler, you should be able to write a C program
to read and interpret the RCW and BCW. C allows you to read in an octal value.

	The thing to be carefull of is how you open the tape device. I suggest
reading the on-line manual entry on mt probably in section 7 (i.e. man 7 mt )
for a BSD-type system.

	If you get real lucky, someone will have already written something like
this and had it put in the archive of public-domain unix-sources.

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