These files are in VAX APL workspace format. To use them on a PDP-11 you'll need to convert them with "aplcvt" (the source program is in the parent of this directory). The command "aplcvt *" will suffice (it will complain about this file and the directory "fn", but that is of no consequence). The converted files will have a ".pdp" extension The files in the subdirectory "fn" are in ASCII format and can be read into APL with the ")read" command. APL will automatically search for a file in "/usr/lib/apl" if it doesn't find it in the current directory. Thus, it is convenient to put these workspaces (and/or your own library workspaces) into "/usr/lib/apl". (If this pathname isn't convenient, you can redefine it [file a0.c]).