I'm trying to use Image B-Trees to gain sequential access to my Image Master
sets.  I've done
:DBUTIL
>> SET VMSDB BTREEMODE1=ON
>> ADDIndex VMSDB FLEET-MASTER
>> ADDI VMSDB ACT-TYPES
and have changed a couple of programs to use DBGET mode 5 & 6 (instead of 2
& 3), and have changed the corresponding 'rewind' (DBCLOSE mode 3) to a
DBFIND mode 1 arg @.

This seems to work, at least partially:  Using FLEET-MASTER as an example,
the DBFIND always works, and despite no record pointers it reports all 10
records on the dataset.  DBGET mode 5 yields the first ("smallest") record;
subsequent DBGET mode 5's yield increasing key values.  Once I've done a
DBGET mode 5, a subsequent DBGET mode 6 goes backward (how??  backward read
in KSAMXL file???).  But DBGET mode 6 immediately after the DBFIND just gets
me status 14, beginning of chain.  Kind of makes sense, but not enough; Stan
says it should work.

Are there patches I've overlooked or something?

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