COMTRANS (COMment TRANSlation)
                          Version 5.1 [July 19, 1999]
 
 
     Author:       Robert R. Kinsey
                   National Nuclear Data Center, Bldg. 197-D
                   Brookhaven National Laboratory
                   P.O. Box 5000
                   Upton, NY 11973-5000
                   Phone: 516-344-5096 FAX: 516-344-2806
                   E-mail: "kinsey@bnl.gov"
 
          The program COMTRANS is a nuclear structure  evaluator  tool  for
     translating  comments  in  the  Evaluated Nuclear Structures Data File
     (ENSDF) from the all upper case form to the upper/lower case form.  In
     addition,  translations  of code words found in the NSD dictionary are
     made into a rich text type of format  (e.g.   |a  replaces  ALPHA  and
     {+56}Fe replaces 56FE).  These comments no longer need to be used with
     the NSD dictionary.  However, evaluators should  note  that  adding  a
     code  word  to  such  a  translated comment means they must change the
     lower case comment flag (c or t) in column 7 to an upper case  comment
     flag  (C  or  T)  or rerun the file using COMTRANS.  Otherwise, ENSDAT
     (and the publication code), which do not translate lower case  comment
     (c  or  t)  cards), will output the code word unchanged.  Finally, the
     input file is converted into a Y2K compliant form.  All keynumbers are
     changed  from  the  old  6 character keynumber (85AU01) into the new 8
     character keynumber (1985AU01).  The keynumbers and fields of the DSID
     and Q cards are also changed to comply with the Y2K formats.
 
          The program asks for an input file name and an output file  name.
     The  Nuclear  Structure  Data dictionary database and index must be in
     the directory from which the  program  is  executed.   The  input  and
     output files may include a disk and directory path.
 
     Input files:
 
           1.  An ENSDF formatted file.  Sample  input  file:   177TMBM.DAT
               (non Y2K).
 
           2.  NSDDIC.ALL  contains the  translation  dictionaries. DICLOAD
               must  be run to create  the ISAM  files used  by ENSDAT  and 
               COMTRANS.
 
 
     Sample output file:  177TMBM.NEW (Y2K compliant)
 
     Terminal dialog:  The program will request the following information:
 
           1.  Input
 
           2.  Output
 
 
     Compilation  and  loading  instructions:   Only  the   executable   is
           supplied.
 
 
                                Version History
 
     1.0 Written by R. Kinsey Feb. 8, 1995. 
     2.0 Sep. 19, 1995.
     3.0 June 17, 1998. Column footnotes were not capitailized. 
     4.0 April 1999. Y2K modifications. (DSID, Q, keynumbers)
     4.8 July 7, 1999. Comment dataset handling modified so US is not translated. 
     5.1 July 15, 1999. Command line version for VAX.
 
 
                                   Disclaimer
 
          Neither the Brookhaven  Science  Associates,  Inc.,  nor  the  US
     Department   of   Energy   make  any  warranty  or  assume  any  legal
     responsibility for the results produced by the program.