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From: bruce@ccavax.camb.com (Barton F. Bruce)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms,comp.sys.dec
Subject: Re: Reading EBCDIC tapes under VMS 4.7
Message-ID: <38233.275c2b83@ccavax.camb.com>
Date: 5 Dec 90 03:04:34 GMT
References: <130@snidely.UUCP> <2119.27563909@spacm1.spac.spc.com>
Organization: Cambridge Computer Associates, Inc.
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In article <130@snidely.UUCP>, staylor@snidely.UUCP (Scott Taylor) writes:
> Is it possible to read EBCDIC standard labeled tapes with VMS 4.7?
> I have brought up my old VMS 4.7 (That is the last update is has)
> and have found myself unaware of the EBCDIC capabilities.

If you are still networked to a pdp-11 running RSX11M+, you should
have no problems with EBCDIC as long as there is no embeded binary
data which would preclude translating the WHOLE record. The ACP
does it for you.