DataInput for systems relying on little endian data formats.
When read, values will be changed from little endian to big
endian formats for internal usage.
Origin of code: Avalon Excalibur (IO)
author: Peter Donald version: CVS $Revision: 437567 $ $Date: 2006-08-28 08:39:07 +0200 (Mo, 28 Aug 2006) $