On 07/06/2017 11:43 AM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: > EBCDIC is easy, just grab an IBM Green Card. I'd recomment not using > a translation if possible, since translations are likely to be lossy. > There are EBCDIC characters that have no ASCII analog.
All else being equal, I'd agree--but you can either work with a .tap file or the individual filemark separated files, which means that you'll also have read the label records and interpret them to get the file name and blocking. All in all, if you're not used to this, the ASCII should do. --Chuck
