      SUBROUTINE FAX(IFAX,N,MODE)
      DIMENSION IFAX(10)
      NN=N
      IF (IABS(MODE).EQ.1) GO TO 10
      IF (IABS(MODE).EQ.8) GO TO 10
      NN=N/2
      IF ((NN+NN).EQ.N) GO TO 10
      IFAX(1)=-99
      RETURN
   10 K=1
C     TEST FOR FACTORS OF 4
   20 IF (MOD(NN,4).NE.0) GO TO 30
      K=K+1
      IFAX(K)=4
      NN=NN/4
      IF (NN.EQ.1) GO TO 80
      GO TO 20
C     TEST FOR EXTRA FACTOR OF 2
   30 IF (MOD(NN,2).NE.0) GO TO 40
      K=K+1
      IFAX(K)=2
      NN=NN/2
      IF (NN.EQ.1) GO TO 80
C     TEST FOR FACTORS OF 3
   40 IF (MOD(NN,3).NE.0) GO TO 50
      K=K+1
      IFAX(K)=3
      NN=NN/3
      IF (NN.EQ.1) GO TO 80
      GO TO 40
C     NOW FIND REMAINING FACTORS
   50 L=5
      INC=2
C     INC ALTERNATELY TAKES ON VALUES 2 AND 4
   60 IF (MOD(NN,L).NE.0) GO TO 70
      K=K+1
      IFAX(K)=L
      NN=NN/L
      IF (NN.EQ.1) GO TO 80
      GO TO 60
   70 L=L+INC
      INC=6-INC
      GO TO 60
   80 IFAX(1)=K-1
C     IFAX(1) CONTAINS NUMBER OF FACTORS
C     IFAX(1) CONTAINS NUMBER OF FACTORS
      NFAX=IFAX(1)
C     SORT FACTORS INTO ASCENDING ORDER
      IF (NFAX.EQ.1) GO TO 110
      DO 100 II=2,NFAX
      ISTOP=NFAX+2-II
      DO 90 I=2,ISTOP
      IF (IFAX(I+1).GE.IFAX(I)) GO TO 90
      ITEM=IFAX(I)
      IFAX(I)=IFAX(I+1)
      IFAX(I+1)=ITEM
   90 CONTINUE
  100 CONTINUE
  110 CONTINUE
      RETURN
      END
