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From: gwlester@cpu.com (Gerald Lester)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec,comp.sys.ultrix
Subject: Re: REAL*4 VMS v. ULTRIX
Message-ID: <1991Jun18.135659.27800@cpu.com>
Date: 18 Jun 91 13:56:59 GMT
References: <1991Jun17.201353.25536@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Followup-To: Article 5879 in comp.sys.dec
Organization: Computerized Processes Unlimited, Metairie LA
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In article <1991Jun17.201353.25536@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> kemp@uiatma.atmos.uiuc.edu (John Kemp) writes:
>
>We have a bunch of REAL*4 binary files on a VMS machine.
>We want to move them to an ULTRIX machine.  Here are the 
>two $64,000,000 questions:
>
>1) If we want to ftp the binaries, how should they be converted
>   first before ftping them to the Ultrix machine?

Depends on the Record and File attributes, More detail PLEASE.

>
>2) What are the differences between the REAL*4 format on
>   VMS and Ultrix?

If you are talking Ultrix on a VAX, NONE.  Otherwise, I don't know.

>
>Correct answers will be rewarded with a network cookie!
>
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