C8TO9 - convert 8-bit input into 9-bit bytes.

Usage:

B:
   c8to9( output, outpos, ndwds, input );

C:
   void c8to9(char *output, int outpos, int ndwds,
              const void *input);

Where:

output

is a pointer to a region of memory where the converted data should be stored.

outpos

is a character offset within "output" where the first character of converted data should be stored.

ndwds

is the number of machine words of input to be converted.

input

is a vector of 8-bit data.

Description:

C8TO9 converts a vector of data into a character string. It does this by getting 8 bits at a time from "input" and storing them as a 9-bit byte in "output". The bottom 8 bits of the byte contain the input bits, and the high order bit of the byte is turned off (0).

See Also:

expl b lib c9to8

for the inverse operation.

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