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From: dab@BERSERKLY.CRAY.COM (David Borman)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: Problem with Xmodem and 3Com terminal server
Message-ID: <9011051417.AA04240@berserkly.cray.com>
Date: 5 Nov 90 14:17:53 GMT
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> Also, some telnet implementations ignore the "7-bit" definition, and
> routinely send 8 bit data anyway.  This is useful, but means that a
> telnet terminal server strictly adhering to the standard might not work
> as well as one with a more flexible interpretation.  The Hosts Requirement
> document was carefully worded to allow 8-bit transmission, as long as
> you were doing actual "parity".
      ^^^^^^^^^^
> Bill Westfield

That should have been "were NOT doing"...

I assume that Bill just made a typeo.  Everyone should be aware that
the Hosts Requirement document was carefully worded to allow 8-bit
transmission while in Telnet NVT mode, but we were very explicit
that the eighth bit is NOT a "parity" bit, and any implementation that
transmits 7-bit data with the eighth bit as a parity bit is broken.

			-David Borman, dab@cray.com