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  1. mcnorth

    Direct file access w/older I/O stmts

    My project is a dll for downloading and updating stock data in the metastock format. It's all binary for which I'm using; Open "FileName" For Binary As #1 Len = Len(MyRec) 'do stuff here Close #1 kind of statements and functions. The problem I am head butting at the moment is when I open...
  2. mcnorth

    Undo scientific notation

    Thanks strongm. I'm afraid there are bigger problems with this.
  3. mcnorth

    Undo scientific notation

    Oops! I forgot to adjust the bias. Any way to edit this post?
  4. mcnorth

    Undo scientific notation

    The following is my feeble effort to change an MBF formated Single to an IEEE formated single. I realize none of this is very elegant but I'll save elegance for later. The problem at this point (I'm sure there will be more) is that at the end of the routine it's in scietific notation. What I...
  5. mcnorth

    convert single to 4 bytes

    This is good too. Thanks strongm
  6. mcnorth

    convert single to 4 bytes

    Oh, that's perfect. Exactly what I needed. Thanks for taking the time to share it!!!
  7. mcnorth

    convert single to 4 bytes

    Is there a way to convert a single to its 4 representative bytes?
  8. mcnorth

    Strange date format

    PROBLEM SOLVED! This is the old Microsoft binary floating point format in which the first 8 bits (most significant) are the exponent, the next one is the sign and the last 23 (least significant) are the mantissa. The result gives a 7 digit number in which the left 3 digits are the number of...
  9. mcnorth

    Strange date format

    Ugly, isn't it? Right now I'm chasing floating point numbers. There's some reason to believe that the values I posted may be the old Microsoft binary format that is then converted to IEEE. I'm using a dll for conversion that is available here. http://www.mdxi.com/products.html (in case it has...
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    Strange date format

    But it can't be because there are only 16 value units from one day to the next and there are 86,400 seconds in each day.
  11. mcnorth

    Strange date format

    It's definitely hex values as they come from a binary file. I'm just baffled as to how to make sense of them. I considered the "seconds from a specific date" logic, thinking that then I could use "DateSerial" on them, but the difference from one day to the next is only a...
  12. mcnorth

    Strange date format

    I'm having a miserable time trying to figure out a strange date format that is used in a stock trading program. Here are some of the values. 12-11-2001 b0c07694 01-02-2002 600c7994 02-01-2002 90127994 If anyone can shed some light on this I would gratly appreciate it.
  13. mcnorth

    Athlon XP and heat

    It's not all that likely that my suggestion will be pertinent to your situation but I'll respond on the off chance. I went through a similar problem with an Abit board and Athlon processor. High heat, irradic behavior and high temp shutdowns. My case was gushing so much air it was unbelievable...
  14. mcnorth

    AMD 2000XP runs too fast! Abit NV7-133R MB

    Pyramus: Agreed. But my situation was a little more involved. First off, I paid a premium price for parts to a local vendor for their experience. I got drivers that wouldn't load from disk, drivers that would load but not be recognized from Abit and eventually drivers that would load and clear...
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    AMD 2000XP runs too fast! Abit NV7-133R MB

    For what it's worth I received an explanation on another forum. I was told that the Nforce chipset has a problem with Windows 9x operating systems and timing control. It was explianed that the problem usually is brought on by an internet or networking application. I was simply advised not to use...
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    AMD 2000XP runs too fast! Abit NV7-133R MB

    Has anybody had any experience with their system running too fast? I upgraded to the AMD AthlonXP 2000 with a Abit NV7-133R motherboard and still using Windows 98. My system started to race as in everything it did occurred blindingly fast. The second hand on the clock would take 12 seconds to...

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