[Simh] Slow VMS I/O

[Brian Knittel]

ah, I hadn't read the follow-up messages.
never mind :)

> #define _O_BINARY 0x8000/* file mode is binary (untranslated) */

Since Windows uses CRLF as the terminator, the stdio library
has text vs. binary modes to be able let C programs read
and write text as if the terminator was LF only, for compatibility.
Messy.

brian



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