Need Help With MKS$ command in MS-BASIC/TURBO C,BAS

[Robert Chao]

I am trying to work with random-access files created by MicroSoft
BASIC. Single-precision real numbers are created in MS BASIC by the
command MKS$, which takes a number and makes it into a 4-char string.
However, TURBO C and TURBO BASIC seem to use a different MKS$, so I
can't correctly read the numbers.
Does anyone know the algorithm used for TURBO's MKS$?
Thanks
R. Chao