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From: MRC%PANDA@SUMEX-AIM.ARPA (Mark Crispin)
Newsgroups: net.micro.atari
Subject: Re: Kermit Through a TAC
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Date: Mon, 30-Dec-85 13:28:34 EST
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Steve -

     The correct order is:

	@B O S		(Binary Output Start -- binary to user from TAC)
	@B I S		(Binary Input Start -- binary to TAC from user)

      Binary Input Start disables any TAC commands from the user until
the connection is closed.

      On certain advanced operating systems (e.g. TOPS-20 systems with the
PANDA MODIFICATIONS), there are user commands which accomplish the same
effect and hence you don't lose anything by using them.  On the PANDA TOPS-20's
(SIMTEL20, STL-HOST1, and DREA-XX), the command is
	TERMINAL [NO] NETWORK-BINARY [INPUT | OUTPUT | BOTH]
The word "NO" after "TERMINAL" disables binary mode (else it is enabled),
and the default binary mode is both.  There is also a system call to do the
same thing.

     Perhaps some bright Unix hacker can figure out how to put this in Unix.

-- Mark --
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