Wirt after John:

> I don't believe that there is a way to transfer negative file
> codes with Reflection -- thus the only way to do accomplish
> the task is either to change the file code from negative to
> positive -- or off-load the data in some manner to flat files.
> .....
> If I were facing this problem, I would write some simple
> program (and its antiprogram) in BASIC (or whatever) to
> unload each of your datasets to flat files -- and reload them
> at the other end .....

If I was going to unload and reload IMAGE datasets to a flat
file on disc, I would use two handy HP Dictionary/V utilities:
DICTDBU  and  DICTDBL.  They are both CM PROGs; before
you OCTCOMP them DICTDBU uses 96 sectors;  DICTDBL
fits in 208 sectors...  Of course you have to own Dictionary/V
to get the utilities....

:-)

Ken Sletten