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From: jeffh@hpubvwa.HP.COM (Jeff Harrell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: DEC to HP REALS
Message-ID: <11590005@hpubvwa.HP.COM>
Date: 14 Jan 88 14:47:39 GMT
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Organization: Hewlett-Packard
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Yes, you are correct. The low order bits are NOT clear! The code I
provided was based on an instrument that did not use the low bits!
The complement comment was a leftover from ModComp conversion code.
Again, the routine was written for the Pascal workstation which 
does not support 32 bit floats.

Jeff ( the guy that wants DIL ) Harrell
(206) 924-6142