Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!njin!princeton!phoenix!jwbirdsa From: jwbirdsa@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (James Webster Birdsall) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Re: Unix Kermit and 8-bit transfers Summary: not always possible! Keywords: kermit,unix Message-ID: <4704@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> Date: 3 Dec 88 22:02:39 GMT References: <1383@virginia.acc.virginia.edu> <5616@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU> <9053@smoke.BRL.MIL> Reply-To: jwbirdsa@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (James Webster Birdsall) Organization: Princeton University, NJ Lines: 20 In article <9053@smoke.BRL.MIL> w8sdz@brl.arpa (Keith Petersen) writes: >Kermit on Unix can do 8-bit binary transfers without having to use >quoting. The trick is to log in using 8 bits, no parity, 1 stop bit. While this is excellent advice, it isn't always possible to carry out. I know of at least two universities (including this one... :-( ) where the dialups are 7E1. Either you use quoting or you uuencode. BTW, is there any purpose (other than being obnoxious) to using 7E1 rather than 8N1? ======================================================================== ! James W. Birdsall Compu$erve: 71261,1731 ! ! jwbirdsa@phoenix.Princeton.EDU jwbirdsa@bogey.Princeton.EDU ! ! jwbirdsa@pucc.BITNET ...allegra!princeton!phoenix!jwbirdsa! ======================================================================== ! During emergency landing, replace dinner tray and bring seat to ! ! upright position. Extinuish all smoking materials... including ! ! spacecraft, if possible. --Calvin ! ========================================================================