If it is in native format you'll have to find a CMS system with SAS to open the files. We took ours down in early summer. The only systems that can exchange native formats are OS/2 <-> Windows (<-> DOS if you still have any 6.03/04 files).

On Sun, 24 Oct 1999, Daniel Mailly wrote:

> Hi all, > > A friend of mine has some interesting data that > I could use for my work. As far as I understand, > the SAS file was saved from a VM/CMS system in its > native format, i.e. very likely not in transport format. > As a consequence, it seems almost impossible to > open it from a PC. Does anyone know a trick, or > does it have to be opened from VM/CMS? > > Thanks for any pointers, > > Daniel Mailly > mailto: daniel.mailly@videotron.ca > or > mailto: daniel.mailly@mrn.gouv.qc.ca >