At Neethling <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Does anyone know of software that can be used to convert mainframe binary
> data (EBCDIC) to PC binary format (ASCII).  I have large amounts of data
> that I want to transfer to my PC, but in order to do so, I have to
> translate the data from binary to character on the mainframe, do the
> transfer and then translate the data back to binary on the PC in order that
> my program(s) can use the data.  As you can see, it takes both time and
> money to do this.  I would like to simply do a binary transfer from the
> mainfram to my PC and then run a program on the data to convert it to PC
> binary format.

I tried searching yahoo for "ebcdic converter" and got a lot of hits, mainly for
UNIX or mainframe software, but the following Windows program might be of some
interest...

http://www.hexworkshop.com/

It sounds like you might want something more like a DOS program that you can
batch or filter through though. Try http://www.vedit.com


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