+#define LITTLE_ENDIAN 1234 /* least-significant byte first (vax) */
+#define BIG_ENDIAN 4321 /* most-significant byte first (IBM, net) */
+#define PDP_ENDIAN 3412 /* LSB first in word, MSW first in long (pdp) */
+
+#ifdef vax
+#define BYTE_ORDER LITTLE_ENDIAN
+#else
+#define BYTE_ORDER BIG_ENDIAN /* mc68000, tahoe, most others */
+#endif
+#endif BYTE_ORDER