I thought I might point out something in this Packed Decimal discussion. IBM mainframes are not the only computer systems to use PD! Wang VS systems (ASCII based) also used PD. Burroughs, if memory serves me correctly, also used PD. I must assume that UNISYS uses PD.
And again, if memory serves me correctly, the S/36, S/38, and AS/400 all use PD. I'm not sure if Digital Systems (used to be in Walkersville MD) changed to PD from BCD -- they started out with an ASCII based (bit sliced) machine that competed against IBM's S/3. So Packed Decimal is not just an IBM thing. Later, Steve Thompson ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
