SUBROUTINE SLAMC4( EMIN, START, BASE )
*
*  -- LAPACK auxiliary routine (version 3.1) --
*     Univ. of Tennessee, Univ. of California Berkeley and NAG Ltd..
*     November 2006
*
*     .. Scalar Arguments ..
      INTEGER            BASE
      INTEGER            EMIN
      REAL               START
*     ..
*
*  Purpose
*  =======
*
*  SLAMC4 is a service routine for SLAMC2.
*
*  Arguments
*  =========
*
*  EMIN    (output) INTEGER 
*          The minimum exponent before (gradual) underflow, computed by
*          setting A = START and dividing by BASE until the previous A
*          can not be recovered.
*
*  START   (input) REAL
*          The starting point for determining EMIN.
*
*  BASE    (input) INTEGER
*          The base of the machine.
*
* =====================================================================
*
*     .. Local Scalars ..
      INTEGER            I
      REAL               A, B1, B2, C1, C2, D1, D2, ONE, RBASE, ZERO
*     ..
*     .. External Functions ..
      REAL               SLAMC3
      EXTERNAL           SLAMC3
*     ..
*     .. Executable Statements ..
*
      A = START
      ONE = 1
      RBASE = ONE / BASE
      ZERO = 0
      EMIN = 1
      B1 = SLAMC3( A*RBASE, ZERO )
      C1 = A
      C2 = A
      D1 = A
      D2 = A
*+    WHILE( ( C1.EQ.A ).AND.( C2.EQ.A ).AND.
*    $       ( D1.EQ.A ).AND.( D2.EQ.A )      )LOOP
   10 CONTINUE
      IF( ( C1.EQ.A ) .AND. ( C2.EQ.A ) .AND. ( D1.EQ.A ) .AND.
     $    ( D2.EQ.A ) ) THEN
         EMIN = EMIN - 1
         A = B1
         B1 = SLAMC3( A / BASE, ZERO )
         C1 = SLAMC3( B1*BASE, ZERO )
         D1 = ZERO
         DO 20 I = 1, BASE
            D1 = D1 + B1
   20    CONTINUE
         B2 = SLAMC3( A*RBASE, ZERO )
         C2 = SLAMC3( B2 / RBASE, ZERO )
         D2 = ZERO
         DO 30 I = 1, BASE
            D2 = D2 + B2
   30    CONTINUE
         GO TO 10
      END IF
*+    END WHILE
*
      RETURN
*
*     End of SLAMC4
*
      END