Xref: utzoo comp.sys.ibm.pc:16690 comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d:462 comp.emacs:3685 Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!pacbell!ames!nrl-cmf!cmcl2!husc6!bbn!rochester!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!reed!omen!caf From: caf@omen.UUCP (Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d,comp.emacs Subject: Re: US PC programmers still live in a 7-bit world! Message-ID: <699@omen.UUCP> Date: 25 Jun 88 22:45:42 GMT References: <1988Jun22.223158.1366@LTH.Se> Reply-To: caf@omen.UUCP (Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX) Organization: Omen Technology Inc, Portland Oregon Lines: 21 In article <1988Jun22.223158.1366@LTH.Se> torsten@DNA.LTH.Se (Torsten Olsson) writes: :US PC programmers still live in a 7-bit world! : :But we don't! :_____________ : : :Yes, there i s intelligent life outside the USA. We even live :in an 8-bit world, which must come as a shocking piece of news :to some of you. Very strange, since the requests for ZMODEM extensions to deal with 7 bit transmission paths come mostly from European PSVAN users. The major US PSVANS (Telenet, Tymnet, CIS, etc.) all support 8 bits! Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX ...!tektronix!reed!omen!caf Author of YMODEM, ZMODEM, Professional-YAM, ZCOMM, and DSZ Omen Technology Inc "The High Reliability Software" 17505-V NW Sauvie IS RD Portland OR 97231 503-621-3406 TeleGodzilla BBS: 621-3746 CIS: 70007,2304 Genie: CAF P.S.: ZCOMM and Professional-YAM do support 8 bit character sets.