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	I've been given the job of rehosting some Fortran IV from Ga. Techs 
CDC Cyber 830 running NOS 2.6.1  to our Sequent S81 running Dynix 3.1.17.  
I've run into a problem with the type of files it used.  
	In the old code, there are calls to OPENMS, READMS and WRITEMS.  As
I am told these are for random access files.  I have no manuals for the 
mainframe so I've got a few questions.

	1.  Are these random access files like direct access but with variable
            record lengths?  If not, what are they?  

	2.  Is there a library I could get for the Sequent to do the same 
            thing?  Where?  How much?

	3.  Is there a translator for free somewhere so that my position might
            be eliminated?  Where?

	Even a nudge in the right direction would be nice.  I'm obviously
not a fortran expert so any help is greatly appreciated.

thanks, in advance, paul  (gt0066b@prism.gatech.edu)

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