short
vax:                  0 1 -32768 32767 100 -1000 10000 
ieee (big endian):    0 1 -32768 32767 100 -1000 10000 
ieee (little endian): 0 1 -32768 32767 100 -1000 10000 
alpha:                0 1 -32768 32767 100 -1000 10000 
cray:                 0 1 -32768 32767 100 -1000 10000 
