Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!samsung!think!mintaka!snorkelwacker!spdcc!tauxersvilli!alphalpha!nazgul From: nazgul@alphalpha.com (Kee Hinckley) Newsgroups: comp.sources.d Subject: Re: Why does 'stevie' mask the 8th bit ? Message-ID: <1990Mar23.151031.11116@alphalpha.com> Date: 23 Mar 90 15:10:31 GMT References: <1581@krafla.rhi.hi.is> <14602@s.ms.uky.edu> <3052@auspex.auspex.com> <14614@s.ms.uky.edu> Organization: asi Lines: 23 In article <14614@s.ms.uky.edu> sean@ms.uky.edu (Sean Casey) writes: >guy@auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris) writes: > >|>There are usually good reasons for masking the eighth bit, >|No, there aren't. >Yes, there are. >|>the best being that *most* terminals go haywire when presented with 8 >|>bit data. >|That's not a very good reason at all. *Most* terminals can run in >That's a very good reason, indeed. It makes for a "least common denominator" >in a world with many different standards for bit 8. Say what? How did the 8 bit data get there in the first place? Either I put it in my file with another (better) editor, or I just typed it. Either way, I don't want anybody to delete it do I? -kee -- +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Alphalpha Software, Inc. | Voice/Fax: 617/646-7703 | Home: 617/641-3805 | | 148 Scituate St. | Smart fax, dial number. | | | Arlington, MA 02174 | Dumb fax, dial number, | BBS: 617/641-3722 | | nazgul@alphalpha.com | wait for ring, press 3. | 300/1200/2400 baud | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+