I'll go for a) although I'm a little confused over what the difference is between a) and c).
The original presentation at IPROF for using asterisks as an overflow indicator, and providing
a new mode that does correctly show the true values is adequate.   Anything which potentially
will use >4GB files will get converted to the new mode first, and eventually mode 2 will become
forgotten (too bad all of the single digit modes are now used up!  This new one has the potential
to be the most frequently used).

Regards,
Michael L Gueterman
Easy Does It Technologies
email: [log in to unmask]
http://www.editcorp.com
voice: (888) 858-EDIT -or- (509) 943-5108
fax:   (509) 946-1170
--

-----Original Message-----
From:   Jeff Vance [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent:   Monday, March 23, 1998 3:45 PM
To:     [log in to unmask]
Subject:        [HP3000-L] 1 Tbyte files and LISTF

<snip>

   What is more important to you and your customers (not mutually exclusive
   choices):

a) guarantee 100% that all existing programs and scripts that process
   LISTF,2 output will work correctly on all files <= 4 Gbytes.
   However, for files larger than 4GB, these programs and scripts may
   require modification.

<snip>