.
*
      WRITE ( NOUT, FMT = 99999 )
*     Skip the heading in the data file and read the data.
      READ ( NIN, FMT = '()' )
      READ ( NIN, FMT = * ) MP, NP, DP
      IF ( MP.LE.0 .OR. MP.GT.MPMAX ) THEN
         WRITE ( NOUT, FMT = 99994 ) MP
      ELSE IF ( NP.LE.0 .OR. NP.GT.NPMAX ) THEN
         WRITE ( NOUT, FMT = 99995 ) NP
      ELSE IF ( DP.LT.0 .OR. DP.GT.DPMAX ) THEN
         WRITE ( NOUT, FMT = 99993 ) DP
      ELSE
*        Read the coefficients of the matrix polynomial P(s).
         CALL