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In article <1k6e6cINNmqo@bigboote.WPI.EDU> bugsy@yoyodyne.WPI.EDU (Christopher Sean Moran) writes:
>Help me... I have a program called VORLAX which I need to compile.
>It was written and compiled originally on CDC FORTRAN IV.  All
>I have access to is Unix f77.  I have tried to compile it, but
>its a no go.  One problem is the first line
>
>PROGRAM VORLAX(INPUT,OUTPUT, etc)
>

You can drop this line; INPUT, OUTPUT simply means the program reads 
from stdin and writes to stdout on units 5 and 6.  Too bad you didn't 
give the etc, I suppose it is something like TAPE7=FOO or so, which is 
equivalent to OPEN( 7, FILE = 'FOO' ).  Also beware of the crazy `file' 
structure on CDCs where you have several files in a file ;-), i.e., you 
can read beyond EOF and get more data.  Check if your code does anything
with END=label on READs.

>the compiler doesnt like the parenthesis after the program 
>declaration.  Past that there are no other problems.
>
>I do get an executable after compiling if I take the stuff
>in the parenthesis out. But UNIX dumps my core every time
>I run the program.  Can anyone help me?

Can you give a little more information?  Sometimes even Unix error
messages give a little more information.  Also try to compile -g (debug,
check you f77 man page for the correct switch) than a traceback might
have a line number in it.

Michael
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Michael Lemke
Astronomy, UT Austin, Texas
(michael@io.as.utexas.edu or UTSPAN::UTADNX::IO::MICHAEL [SPAN])