Hi:
According to the way that I used to count bytes in order to lay out sequential files, if BLKYN2 -starts- @182, and is 3 bytes, then it will occupy 182, 183 and 184. You said that "max line size should be 183" -- by my counting, max line size should be 184 for all the data, if BLKYN2 is actually 3 bytes.
cynthia
[pre]
Layout starting at 171:
@171 blkdate $8.
@179 blkyn1 $3.
@182 blkyn2 $3.;
11111111111111111111
77777777788888888889
.....12345678901234567890
xxxxxxxxyyyzzz
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blkdate | |>blkyn2
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blkyn1