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[EBCDIC help file; 1 page]
THE EBCDIC PROGRAM IS FOR READING AND WRITING IBM-COMPATIBLE
TAPES. FOR FULL DOCUMENTATION, LIST THE FILE DOC:EBCDIC.DOC .
PROBLEM NOTE: WHEN ASKED WHAT DEVICE FOR TAPE, RESPOND
WITHOUT THE COLON(:). E.G. "MTA0" BUT NOT "MTA0:" .
To write a labeled tape that can be read on ADP's Burroughs
computer you need to run EBCDIC using SL for label type.
Example:
.SET DENSITY MTA: 1600
.R EBCDIC
FOR HELP, TYPE HELP EBCDIC OR PRINT HLP:EBCDIC.HLP
TRAIN SN/TN [SN] =
FILE NAME FOR SPECIAL CONVERSIONS (CR IF NONE)
WHAT DEVICE FOR TAPE? MTA
READ OR WRITE TAPE R/W [R] =W
WHAT DISK FILES? HLP:NEAT.DAT
ADD CARRIAGE CONTROL? YES/NO/PROMPT/HELP [YES] NO
LOGICAL RECORD LENGTH (LRECL) [133] =80
BLKSIZE [1596] =2400
INDENT OUTPUT HOW MANY SPACES? [0]
TAPE LABEL? SL/AL/NL [SL]
TAPE NAME? NEAT
[NEAT.DAT]
NUMBER OF LOGICAL RECORDS WRITTEN: 15
NUMBER OF 370 TRACKS REQUIRED: 0
End of SAIL execution
[end of EBCDIC help file]
.KJOB
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