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- From: wb8foz@skybridge.SCL.CWRU.Edu (David Lesher)
- Subject: Re: Procomm 2.01 strip 8th bit (How TO)
- Message-ID: <1992Aug15.202755.26321@usenet.ins.cwru.edu>
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- Reply-To: wb8foz@skybridge.scl.cwru.edu (David Lesher)
- Organization: NRK Clinic for habitual NetNews abusers - Beltway Annex
- References: <1992Aug11.044425.21444@qiclab.scn.rain.com> <1992Aug14.023851.24942@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> <1992Aug14.225002.8341@qiclab.scn.rain.com>
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- Date: Sat, 15 Aug 92 20:27:55 GMT
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- Others said:
- # No, the path is 8-bits. It's just that some Unix systems will cheerfully
- # send text to you as 7-E-1 even though you are connected at 8-N-1. Data
- # transfers at 8-N-1 work fine.
-
- Well, this may or may not be true.
- But let's suppose that there is a terminal server between you and the
- host. It may well NOT be 8-bit transparent. It not, you can play all
- day with translate tables. A better solution is to use a protocol that
- will work over 7 bit wide paths.
-
- (I wrote the poster with the original question to get more data to help
- him resolve his situation; I'm waiting to hear from him. In any case,
- the first step would be to upgrade from Procomm 2.01 to 2.4.2 or
- 2.4.3.....)
- --
- A host is a host from coast to coast..wb8foz@skybridge.scl.cwru.edu
- & no one will talk to a host that's close..........................
- Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433
- is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433
-