In article <kgh08s$fke$1 at Iltempo.Update.UU.SE>, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> writes: > > If the 32K really is a limit, I believe it would be in VMS, in treating > a 16-bit number as signed here. 32K is probably only an RMS limit. I've never had trouble using all 16 bits via $QIO.