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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
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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
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P.S.: ZCOMM and Professional-YAM do support 8 bit character sets.