Re:
> I am sending an IBM tape, EBCDICOUT. The record length as specified by the
> recipient is 361 bytes. They report receiving 362 bytes, and cannot handle
> it. (They must have figured out something, because the systems guy on that
> end was able to tell me which fields on the test tape "need improvement",
> but that's another matter.)

AFAIK, tape records will always be an even number of bytes on an HP 3000.

Workaround #1:

   Write one record per tape block, of 362 bytes, and tell them to
   only read 361 bytes...their hardware/software should do the same thing
   ours does (if you read less data than is written): quietly ignore it.

Workaround #2:

   Write multiple records per tape block (an even number of records).
   E.g., if you write two records of 361 bytes per tape block, that's
   722 bytes...which is an even number of bytes.  They should be able to
   easily handle deblocking the data.  If they can't, tell them they bought
   the wrong computer system.  You can probably create this trivially with:
         FILE TAPE;REC=-361,2,f,ASCII

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