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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
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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?


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