DIFFERENCES between FSTD89(old) and FSTD2000(new)

Range of size/values of parameters and maximum size of record/file lengths.

PARAMETER	FSTD89	FSTD2000
The values of the following can be decoded/encoded by CONVIP (convip must be used for FSTD2000 for IP1) Encoding can be in format old or newstyle: see convip
IP1	15 bits (0-32767)	28 bits (0-268435455)
IP2	15 bits (0-32767)	28 bits (0-268435455)
IP3	12 bits (0-4095)	28 bits (0-268435455)
The values of the following must be encoded by CXGAIG, decoded by CIGAXG
IG1	11 bits (0-2047)	24 bits (0-16777215)
IG2	11 bits (0-2047)	24 bits (0-16777215)
IG3	16 bits (0-65535)	24 bits (0-16777215)
IG4	16 bits (0-65535)	24 bits (0-16777215)
The following applies to All FSTD Functions
NI	16 bits (0-65535)	24 bits (0-16777215)
NJ	16 bits (0-65535)	24 bits (0-16777215)
NK	12 bits (0-4095)	20 bits (0-1048575)
NOMVAR	2 chars (case sensitive)	4 chars (NOT case sensitive)
TYPVAR	1 chars (case sensitive)	2 chars (NOT case sensitive)
ETIKET	8 chars (case sensitive)	12 chars (NOT case sensitive)
Maximum Length of Record Size
=>	2 Megabytes	128 Megabytes
Maximum Length of File Size (no limit to number of records)
=>	250 Megabytes	2 Gigabytes (maybe 8G for some platforms)

SOFTWARE to be used for FSTD89(old) and FSTD2000(new)

Programs for FSTD2000 are backward compatible for reading but not for writing

FSTD89 (not supported in LINUX)	FSTD2000
pgsm,pgsm+,pgsm_89	pgsm2000
editfst	editfst2000
tsf2fst	tsf2fst2000
delamineur	delamineur2000
bemol89	bemol2000
r.diag	r.diag2000
voir (backward compatible)
xrec (backward compatible)
fstcomp (backward compatible)
r.fstinfo (backward compatible)
fstretro (converts FSTD2000 to FSTD89) Note that variable names/labels may be truncated, refer above to limits