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Subject: Re: Reading lines in Fortran
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Date: Tue, 3-Mar-87 21:05:13 EST
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No doubt someone will explain how this can be done in a few dozen
lines of assembler using SYS$QIOW.

But if you dislike assembler and SYS$QIOW as much as I do, there is
an easier way.

Use the DUMP command on the tape.  The output of the DUMP command
will be a reasonable text file with lines no longer than 132
characters.  It is then easy to write a program in the language of
your choice to read the DUMP file.
								...Keith