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Conference rusure::math

Title:Mathematics at DEC
Moderator:RUSURE::EDP
Created:Mon Feb 03 1986
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:2083
Total number of notes:14613

1081.0. "IEEE <--> VAX floating conversion" by CTCADM::ROTH (If you plant ice you&#039;ll harvest wind) Thu May 11 1989 14:56

    Does anyone have copies of routines to convert between IEEE floating
    format and VAX floating?  I know they're "floating" around the
    company somewhere.

    I want an efficient way of transporting finite element data between
    various workstations, including the 3100, Firefox, etc.

    - Jim
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1081.1EAGLE1::DANTOWITZFine TuningFri May 12 1989 15:5210
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DENTON::AMARTIN "Alan H. Martin"                      2 lines  30-JAN-1987 19:15
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See topic 654 of TLE::VAXC (q.v.) for an answer.
				/AHM
1081.2DLN has the standards on fileCTCADM::ROTHIf you plant ice you&#039;ll harvest windWed May 17 1989 07:438
    Thanks for the pointer.  Another person who has done such routines is
    Marty Jack.  [We actually need single as well as double floating.]

    I also stopped at the library and obtained copies of IEEE STD 754-1985
    and a few articles from IEEE Computer.  The conversion is really quite
    easy - but I was unsure of this without checking.

    - Jim