Xref: utzoo comp.sys.dec.micro:767 comp.sys.dec:1892 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!um-math!sharkey!cfctech!teemc!hpftc!zardoz!henry.jpl.nasa.gov!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!mizar.usc.edu!akatz From: akatz@mizar.usc.edu (Alex Katz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec.micro,comp.sys.dec Subject: reading DEC's floating point, HELP needed Message-ID: <19584@usc.edu> Date: 30 Aug 89 21:16:46 GMT Sender: news@usc.edu Reply-To: akatz@mizar.usc.edu () Followup-To: comp.sys.dec.micro Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Lines: 17 Hi folks, I was wondering if somebody could help me. I ftp'ed a file from a MicroVAX II (VMS 5.1) to a Sun (it's a binary file) and I was told that it containes numbers in floating point format. As I understand it, DEC's fp format is different from IEEE, so could somebody tell me what it is (I don't have any *fine* mannuals), like where is the sign, the characteristic, the fraction and whatever else is there to know. ( these are supposedly 4 byte numbers, but I'm not too sure about that either) Thanks in advance. .................................................... Alex Katz akatz@mizar.usc.edu kmdl010@mvsa.usc.edu ....................................................