*COMDECK ALCHRCNVT
      SUBROUTINE CHRCNVT(VALUE) 
C 
C 
C 
C 
C        THIS ROUTINE CONVERTS THE TWO CHARACTERS IN THE LOW-ORDER
C        16 BITS OF "VALUE" TO DISPLAY CODE.
C 
C 
*CALL ALCOMMON
      DATA MASK / 377B /
C 
C 
C        ISOLATE THE TWO CHARACTERS.
C 
      VAL1 = AND(SHIFT(VALUE,-8),MASK)
      VAL2 = AND(VALUE,MASK)
C 
C        CONVERT EACH SEPARATELY. 
C 
      CALL ASC2DSP(VAL1)
      CALL ASC2DSP(VAL2)
C 
C        COMBINE THE RESULTS AND RETURN.
C 
      VALUE = OR(SHIFT(VAL1,8),VAL2)
      RETURN
      END 
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