I am hoping someone can help me solve a bit of a puzzle. We are working on a data file reader and extraction tool for an old MS-DOS accounting system dating back to the mid 80's.
In the data files, the text information is stored in clearly readable ASCII text, so I am comfortable that this file isn't EBCIDIC, however, the some of the numbers are stored in a format that we can't seem to recognize or unpack using the standard python tools (struct, binascii) ... or or atleast our understanding of how these tools work ! Any assistance would be appreciated. Here are a few examples of telephone numbers; Exmaple 1: Phone 1: 5616864700 Hex On Disk: C0DBA8ECF441 Phone 2: 5616885403 Hex on Disk: B0E9ADECF4F1 Another example: Phone 1: 8003346488 Hex On Disk: 800396d0fd41 Phone2: 9544261331 Hex On Disk: F8f50ec70142 Phone3: 9544278601 Hex On Disk: 481211c70142 TIA. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
