/* begin plio2_unpack  */


	dcl mfix fixed bin(35);
	dcl mflo float bin(63);

	dcl 1 unpack6 aligned based(addr(mfix)),
		2 xxx bit(30) unal,
		2 m_6 bit(6)  unal;

	dcl 1 unpack12 aligned based(addr(mfix)),
		2 xxxx bit(24) unal,
		2 m_12 bit(12) unal;

	dcl 1 unpack15 aligned based(addr(mfix)),
		2 xxxx bit(21) unal,
		2 m_15 bit(15) unal;

	dcl 1 unpackexp aligned based(addr(mflo)),
		2 mexp bit(8) unal;

	dcl 1 unpack8 aligned based(addr(mfix)),
		2 xxx bit(28) unal,
		2 m_8 bit(8)  unal;

	dcl offset fixed bin(15);

	dcl 1 bitbuff unal based,
		2 xxx bit(offset),
		2 next_bit bit(1);

	dcl 1 charbuff unal based,
		2 xxx char(offset),
		2 next_char char(1);




	dcl 1 unpack30 aligned based(addr(mfix)),
		2 top_6 bit(6) unal,
		2 m_30  bit(30) unal;

	dcl based_char5 char(5) aligned based;

	dcl dec_array(0:65) char(1) unal based;
	dcl based_chars char(1000) unal based;
	dcl based_bits bit(1000) unal based;

	dcl 1 getlastchar aligned based,
		2 xx char(3) unal,
		2 last_char char(1) unal;



/* end of plio2_unpack  */


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Historical Background

This edition of the Multics software materials and documentation is provided and donated
to Massachusetts Institute of Technology by Group Bull including Bull HN Information Systems Inc. 
as a contribution to computer science knowledge.  
This donation is made also to give evidence of the common contributions of Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Bell Laboratories, General Electric, Honeywell Information Systems Inc., Honeywell Bull Inc., Groupe Bull
and Bull HN Information Systems Inc. to the development of this operating system. 
Multics development was initiated by Massachusetts Institute of Technology Project MAC (1963-1970),
renamed the MIT Laboratory for Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence in the mid 1970s, under the leadership
of Professor Fernando Jose Corbato. Users consider that Multics provided the best software architecture for 
managing computer hardware properly and for executing programs. Many subsequent operating systems 
incorporated Multics principles.
Multics was distributed in 1975 to 2000 by Group Bull in Europe , and in the U.S. by Bull HN Information Systems Inc., 
as successor in interest by change in name only to Honeywell Bull Inc. and Honeywell Information Systems Inc. .

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Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute these programs and their documentation for any purpose and without
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    Copyright 1972 by Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Honeywell Information Systems Inc.
    Copyright 2006 by Bull HN Information Systems Inc.
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