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From: beierl_c@apollo.HP.COM (Christopher Beierl)
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Subject: Re: Does Pass8 work on OS10.?
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Date: 4 Mar 91 14:37:00 GMT
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In article <1991Mar2.205604.10685@cns.umist.ac.uk> jf@ap.co.umist.ac.uk (John Forrest) writes:
>Does anyone know if "PASS8" is implemented on any versions of
>OS10. This is the tty driver option where all 8 bits are
>transmitted, even in cooked and cbreak modes, unlike the
>default 7. On OS10.1 the flag entries exist in the include
>file, and the options are mentioned in the stty manual, but the
>stty program does not recognise pass8 nor -pass8. I presume
>this is because they are not implemented, but does anyone know
>for sure? Is the situation the same on 10.3?

The SR10.3 man page documents both "pass8" and "-pass8" and stty recognizes
both of them.

-Chris
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