In a message dated 5/16/2007 5:37:42 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >The 32K limit is driven by the fact this binary integer is considered Signed; so instead of 0 thru 65535 it's -32767 thru 32768
>The last 8 bytes are lost to track marks and block marks reserved space. What exactly are "track marks and block marks reserved space?" I never heard of them before. Bill Fairchild Plainfield, IL ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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