Version history for


  Baker, Lawrence M., 2005, revised 2010, libvaxdata; VAX 
       data format conversion routines:  U.S. Geological 
       Survey Open-File Report 2005-1424, v. 1.2 
       [http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1424/].


  Version 1.2, April 15, 2010

  Bug fix:

     Corrected f4/g8/h16 conversions to IEEE subnormal form.


  Version 1.1, February 2, 2010

  Bug fixes:

     Corrected output byte ordering for d8/g8/h16 
     conversions on little endian machines.

     Corrected exponent positioning in to_vax_d8().

     Corrected typo (VAX_D_EXPONENT_BIAS should be 
     VAX_G_EXPONENT_BIAS) in to_vax_g8().

  New features:

     Added test program to validate conversions.

     Added make files for the following platforms and 
     compilers:

          Linux:        PathScale pathcc
          Mac OS X:     Intel icc

  Removed make files for the following platforms and 
  compilers:

     Mac OS 9:     Apple/Motorola MPW MrC, Metrowerks 
          CodeWarrior mwcc
     Windows:      Metrowerks CodeWarrior MWCC

  Make files for the following platforms and compilers are 
  included in the distribution, but the author no longer 
  has the ability to test them:

     Linux:       Intel icc
     Solaris:     GNU gcc, Sun cc
     Tru64 Unix:  GNU gcc


  Version 1.0, January 6, 2006

  Initial release online at
  http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1424/