> [...] the values are M*(16^S), not M*(10^S) as in IEEE. ...uh, last I looked, IEEE floats were M*(2^S)... /~\ The ASCII der Mouse \ / Ribbon Campaign X Against HTML mouse@rodents.montreal.qc.ca / \ Email! 7D C8 61 52 5D E7 2D 39 4E F1 31 3E E8 B3 27 4B