CANDE can use files with 1-character records.

Files created through CANDE have the following attributes by default:

KIND = DISK
UNITS = WORDS (CHARACTERS FOR CDATA and CSEDATA)
MAXRECSIZE = 14, 15, or 80 (refer to Table 2-1)
MINRECSIZE = 0
BLOCKSIZE = 420 (2160 for CDATA and CSEDATA)
AREAS = 15
AREASIZE = 504 (1134 for CDATA and CSEDATA)
SAVEFACTOR = 30
SECURITYTYPE = PRIVATE (refer to the MAKE command)
SECURITYUSE = IO (refer to the MAKE command)