[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

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