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From: rogerk@mips.COM (Roger Klorese)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: UMIPS-BSD Fortran I/O unit limit
Keywords: MIPS HELP FORTRAN I/O UNIX
Message-ID: <2270@admin.mips.COM>
Date: 30 May 88 03:12:22 GMT
References: <13426.1988May27.16:41:31@mill.me.toronto.edu> <2269@admin.mips.COM>
Reply-To: rogerk@admin.UUCP (Roger Klorese)
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Organization: MIPS Computer Systems, Sunnyvale, CA
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In article <2269@admin.mips.COM> rogerk@admin.UUCP (Roger Klorese) writes:
(A mis-posted message, which SHOULD have been):

In article <13426.1988May27.16:41:31@mill.me.toronto.edu> kokody2@me.toronto.edu (Gerry Kokodyniak) writes:
>I am using the Mips Microsystems f77 fortran compiler running on a
>MIPS M1000 computer running UMIPS-BSD UNIX.

That's "MIPS Computer Systems"... it's that *other* company that's
something-or-other Microsystems... ;-)

>I have run into difficulty
>installing a finite element package due to a compiler quirk that 
>allows one have a maximum of 17 files at any one time. 

quirk (n.): 1. undocumented feature; 2. a bug by any other name...

Either of these may be the cause, but the fix is that age-old bug-aboo:

"Fixed in the next release"

See:
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Script started on Sun May 29 10:22:50 1988
rogerk@admin[1] cat x.f
	do 100 i=1,60
	open(unit=i+40)
	write(i+40,1000)
1000	format("Hello world")
100	continue
	end
rogerk@admin[2] f771.21 x.f
rogerk@admin[3] a.out
open: illegal unit number
rogerk@admin[4] f771.31 x.f
rogerk@admin[5] a.out
rogerk@admin[6] exit
script done on Sun May 29 10:23:38 1988

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Please contact Customer Service for a release date; my understanding is
that the 1.31 compilers will be available during June.
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