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From: akcs.azz710@hpcvbbs.UUCP (Jeffrey R. Broido)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: A mighty thanks to all!
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Date: 1 Nov 90 02:40:06 GMT
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This reply is addressed to Preston Brown, and refers to his reply. 
MS-KERMIT does NOT have a file type switch, so SET FILE TYPE BINARY is
not a legal command.  I suppose I shouldn't make that such a flat
statement as I've only used MS-KERMIT through V2.32 (the one you supply)
and haven't seen V3 yet.  I will tell you I've used many old versions,
and there's no file type in any of those, either.  On the other hand,
C-KERMIT, the one you supplied for my beloved IPC, does have this switch.
It uses text mode for the same reason that the HP48 uses it: conversion
of text files to/from a unique format.  Binary mode in C-KERMIT is simply
a verbatim mode (absolutely no conversion); this is not quite the same
with binary mode on the HP48.