*** tcl.h.orig	Sun Mar 14 19:04:51 1999
--- tcl.h	Sun Mar 14 19:05:01 1999
***************
*** 999,1004 ****
--- 999,1016 ----
  } Tcl_EolTranslation;
  
  /*
+  * Andreas Kupries <andreas_kupries@users.sourceforge.net>, 05/31/1997.
+  * Support of Tcl-Trf (binio).
+  *
+  * Enum for different byteorders.
+  */
+ 
+ typedef enum Tcl_ByteOrder {
+   TCL_BIGENDIAN,       /* Multibyte words are stored with MSB first */
+   TCL_SMALLENDIAN      /* Multibyte words are stored with MSB last */
+ } Tcl_ByteOrder;
+ 
+ /*
   * struct Tcl_ChannelType:
   *
   * One such structure exists for each type (kind) of channel.
***************
*** 1282,1287 ****
--- 1294,1305 ----
  	        	    char *chanName, int *modePtr));
  EXTERN int		Tcl_GetChannelBufferSize _ANSI_ARGS_((
      			    Tcl_Channel chan));
+   /* Andreas Kupries <andreas_kupries@users.sourceforge.net>, 05/31/1997.
+    * Support of Tcl-Trf (binio).
+    */
+ EXTERN Tcl_ByteOrder	Tcl_GetChannelByteorder _ANSI_ARGS_((
+     			    Tcl_Channel chan));
+ EXTERN Tcl_ByteOrder	Tcl_GetHostByteorder _ANSI_ARGS_((void));
  EXTERN int		Tcl_GetChannelHandle _ANSI_ARGS_((Tcl_Channel chan,
  	        	    int direction, ClientData *handlePtr));
  EXTERN ClientData	Tcl_GetChannelInstanceData _ANSI_ARGS_((
*** tclIO.c.orig	Sun Mar 14 19:04:51 1999
--- tclIO.c	Sun Mar 14 19:05:01 1999
***************
*** 128,133 ****
--- 128,137 ----
                                   * code,  is dynamically allocated. */
      int	flags;			/* ORed combination of the flags defined
                                   * below. */
+   /* Andreas Kupries <andreas_kupries@users.sourceforge.net>, 05/31/1997.
+    * Support of Tcl-Trf (binio).
+    */
+   Tcl_ByteOrder      byteOrder; /* byteorder associated to this channel */
      Tcl_EolTranslation inputTranslation;
  				/* What translation to apply for end of line
                                   * sequences on input? */    
***************
*** 1195,1200 ****
--- 1199,1208 ----
       * indicator (e.g. ^Z) and does not append an EOF indicator to files.
       */
  
+     /* Andreas Kupries <andreas_kupries@users.sourceforge.net>, 05/31/1997.
+      * Support of Tcl-Trf (binio).
+      */
+     chanPtr->byteOrder = Tcl_GetHostByteorder ();
      chanPtr->inputTranslation = TCL_TRANSLATE_AUTO;
      chanPtr->outputTranslation = TCL_PLATFORM_TRANSLATION;
      chanPtr->inEofChar = 0;
***************
*** 3947,3953 ****
  {
      if (interp) {
  	CONST char *genericopt = 
! 	    	"blocking buffering buffersize eofchar translation";
  	char **argv;
  	int  argc, i;
  	Tcl_DString ds;
--- 3955,3961 ----
  {
      if (interp) {
  	CONST char *genericopt = 
! 	    	"blocking buffering buffersize byteorder eofchar translation";
  	char **argv;
  	int  argc, i;
  	Tcl_DString ds;
***************
*** 3980,3985 ****
--- 3988,4048 ----
  /*
   *----------------------------------------------------------------------
   *
+  * Tcl_GetChannelByteorder --
+  *
+  *	Retrieves the byteorder set for this channel.
+  *
+  * Results:
+  *	The size.
+  *
+  * Side effects:
+  *	None.
+  *
+  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+  */
+ 
+ Tcl_ByteOrder
+ Tcl_GetChannelByteorder(chan)
+     Tcl_Channel chan;		/* The channel for which to find the
+                                  * buffer size. */
+ {
+     Channel *chanPtr;
+ 
+     chanPtr = (Channel *) chan;
+     return chanPtr->byteOrder;
+ }
+ 
+ /*
+  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+  *
+  * Tcl_GetHostByteorder --
+  *
+  *	Retrieves the byteorder of the machine we are running on.
+  *
+  * Results:
+  *	The size.
+  *
+  * Side effects:
+  *	None.
+  *
+  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+  */
+ 
+ Tcl_ByteOrder
+ Tcl_GetHostByteorder()
+ {
+   union {
+     char c[sizeof(short)];
+     short s;
+   } order;
+ 
+   order.s = 1;
+   return (order.c[0] == 1) ? TCL_SMALLENDIAN : TCL_BIGENDIAN;
+ }
+ 
+ /*
+  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+  *
   * Tcl_GetChannelOption --
   *
   *	Gets a mode associated with an IO channel. If the optionName arg
***************
*** 4081,4086 ****
--- 4144,4163 ----
              return TCL_OK;
          }
      }
+     /* Andreas Kupries <andreas_kupries@users.sourceforge.net>, 05/31/1997.
+      * Support of Tcl-Trf (binio).
+      */
+     if ((len == 0) || ((len > 2) && (optionName[1] == 'b') &&
+             (strncmp(optionName, "-byteorder", len) == 0))) {
+         if (len == 0) {
+             Tcl_DStringAppendElement(dsPtr, "-byteorder");
+         }
+         Tcl_DStringAppendElement(dsPtr,
+                 (chanPtr->byteOrder == TCL_BIGENDIAN) ? "bigendian" : "smallendian");
+         if (len > 0) {
+             return TCL_OK;
+         }
+     }
      if ((len == 0) ||
              ((len > 1) && (optionName[1] == 'e') &&
                      (strncmp(optionName, "-eofchar", len) == 0))) {
***************
*** 4281,4286 ****
--- 4358,4393 ----
              chanPtr->bufSize = CHANNELBUFFER_DEFAULT_SIZE;
          }
          return TCL_OK;
+     }
+     
+     /* Andreas Kupries <andreas_kupries@users.sourceforge.net>, 05/31/1997.
+      * Support of Tcl-Trf (binio).
+      */
+     if ((len > 2) && (optionName[1] == 'b') &&
+             (strncmp(optionName, "-byteorder", len) == 0)) {
+       int nv_len = strlen (newValue);
+ 
+       if ((nv_len > 0) && (strncmp (newValue, "smallendian", nv_len) == 0)) {
+ 	chanPtr->byteOrder = TCL_SMALLENDIAN;
+         return TCL_OK;
+       } else if ((nv_len > 0) && (strncmp (newValue, "littleendian", nv_len) == 0)) {
+ 	chanPtr->byteOrder = TCL_SMALLENDIAN;
+         return TCL_OK;
+       } else if ((nv_len > 0) && (strncmp (newValue, "network", nv_len) == 0)) {
+ 	chanPtr->byteOrder = TCL_BIGENDIAN;
+         return TCL_OK;
+       } else if ((nv_len > 0) && (strncmp (newValue, "bigendian", nv_len) == 0)) {
+ 	chanPtr->byteOrder = TCL_BIGENDIAN;
+         return TCL_OK;
+       } 
+ 
+       if (interp != (Tcl_Interp *) NULL) {
+ 	Tcl_AppendResult(interp,
+ 			 "bad value for -byteorder: ",
+ 			 "must be one of smallendian, littleendian, bigendian or network",
+ 			 (char *) NULL);
+       }
+       return TCL_ERROR;
      }
      
      if ((len > 1) && (optionName[1] == 'e') &&