IEEE<->DEC floating pt conversion wanted.

[Frank Wortner]

In article <3741 at ncsuvx.ncsu.edu>, brg at ecelet.ncsu.edu (Bennett Groshong) writes:

> I have a need to be able to convert data files containing floating
> point numbers (i.e. 32bit floats and 64bit doubles) between IEEE and
> DEC floating point format. 

If you have a DECstation, there is a set of "undocumented" routines
for VAX/IEEE conversion in the standard library.  Details are in
"ULTRIX Release Notes for RISC Processors", Order Number
AA-ML77A-TE.  Look on page 78.

					Frank