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From: gvg@hplvec.LVLD.HP.COM (Greg Goebel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: Reading HP instrument disks on a PC
Message-ID: <560014@hplvec.LVLD.HP.COM>
Date: 28 May 91 20:14:51 GMT
References: <1991May21.090824.12630@lut.ac.uk>
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Loveland, CO
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HP also has a DOS-based utility called LIFUTIL that will allow you to convert
LIF files to DOS.  Part number is E2080A, price is $525.

The only problem is that if you have a binary (BDAT) file on the LIF disk,
you end up with a binary file on your DOS disk.  However, if you know the
data contained in the binary file you can decode it -- I have written a 
conversion utility in QuickBASIC to convert all-REAL or all-INTEGER files
to ASCII numeric strings.

Wile E. Coyote
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