VMS Help FORTRAN, Statements, READ, Direct, Unformatted  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

  Unformatted direct READ statement format:

    READ(extu,rec[,err][,iostat])[iolist]

    READ(u'r[,err][,iostat])[iolist]

  Reads from a specified external unit.  Does not translate the data.