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From: jb@terak.UUCP (John Blalock)
Newsgroups: net.micro.cpm
Subject: Re: 8 bit data in Mex
Message-ID: <983@terak.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 13-Jan-86 17:35:03 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan 13 17:35:03 1986
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> Does anyone know of a way to patch Mex to allow 8 bit data to be passed
> to the terminal.  I would like to have the remote host send graphics
> characters to the screen but Mex seems to AND off the 8th bit.  Turning
> on DEBUG shows that valid 8 bit graphics characters are being sent but
> in normal terminal mode they get stripped.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Brian 
> Waldron.wbst@Xerox.arpa

Note that not all control key sequences get passed thru by MEX either - it's not
just an eighth-bit problem.  I also would like a patch so that I don't have
to exit MEX to run vi remotely. (or any program with escape sequences/cursor
addressing)

John Blalock, W7AAY

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