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- From: wb8foz@skybridge.SCL.CWRU.Edu (David Lesher)
- Subject: Re: Procomm 2.01 strip 8th bit (How TO)
- Message-ID: <1992Aug14.023851.24942@usenet.ins.cwru.edu>
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- Organization: NRK Clinic for habitual NetNews abusers - Beltway Annex
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- Date: Fri, 14 Aug 92 02:38:51 GMT
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- Others said
- # >For Procomm: set up the "translate table" such that the upper 128 bytes are
- # >just like the lower 128 bytes, and turn "translate table _on_". Then, keep
- # >it set to 8-bits/no-parity and you'll be set.
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- I've been trying to follow this thread and I admit I'm getting
- confused..
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- If you are working over a 7 bit-wide path, and the protocol needs 8,
- what good does it do to play with a translate table? Can it magically
- guess what the 8th bit [if there WAS one] would be?
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