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"Jan Simon" <matlab.THIS_YEAR@nMINUSsimon.de> wrote in message <gdcld5$2jj$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> Dear users!
> 
> I used the following command in Matlab 6.5 to open a file in Vax-D format:
>   FID = fopen(FileName, Permission, 'd')
> 
> This fails in Matlab R2008b, because the list of known machineformats has been reduced.
> 
> 1. When did this happen?
> 2. I've tried a lot of searching on www.mathworks.com without success - what a the right terms for searching?
> 3. How do I read the files written in VAXD format?
> 
> Thanks, Jan

I may be able to write some custom code for you ... I just did something similar on another newsgroup thread recently. Is the file just a pure binary file with only D-FLOAT numbers? How many per record? What system are you reading these on? Do you know if your system is big-endian or little-endian?

James Tursa