Robert Joseph <[log in to unmask]> replied to somebody's question:
 
>The VAX architecture has big endian byte ordering, like the x86
>architecture.  HP systems use little endian ordering.  Therefore, bytes
>in integer fields need to be reversed (or "swapped" as we call it here).
>You probably need a program to do this, since I am not aware of any
>utility functions available.
 
FTPing the file between the Vax and the 3000 might work: from what I've read
about TCP/IP, I believe it's supposed to convert from the host's byte order
to "network" byte order (and vice versa).
 
...assuming, of course, that there's a network connection between the two
systems.
 
 --  Evan