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From: grr@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: net.micro.atari16
Subject: Re: URGENT>>>>>>>CAUSE OF ALL THESE PROBLEMS FOUND<<<<<<<<<<<<
Message-ID: <878@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 11-Oct-86 13:50:43 EDT
Article-I.D.: cbmvax.878
Posted: Sat Oct 11 13:50:43 1986
Date-Received: Sat, 11-Oct-86 22:06:19 EDT
References: <8610102357.AA10365@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <8610102357.AA10365@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> K538915@CZHRZU1A.BITNET writes:
>So, Ive just got the  part 5 of my posting of UniTerm back from info-atari16.
>No wonder it didn't work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>Somebody is changing [ (left square bracket) to  (backslash) and
>                     ] (right square bracket) to ! (exclamation mark).
>
>Find that computer and shoot it....
>Until then, will everybody refrain from posting uuencoded binarys!!!!!!
>
>
>           Simon Poole          K538915@CZHRZU1A.BITNET

This is a feature of some versions of the *BITNET* software running on IBM
systems.  The problem being the the EBCDIC code never has had consistant
translations between the characters on printers, keypunches, displays and
their ascii equivalents.  This resultes in a 'correct' translation and a
'useful' translation.  YEECH!!!

If you are using a IBM system, you are screwed.  If you're on a ascii flavor
unix system, then you can arrange to have articles posted locally uucp'ed to
a backbone or other non-ibm site.  Many sites will accept postings through
rnews or rnmail even though they can't accomodate extra feeds.

The alternative is to send a diskette to some cooperative soul with better
connections or upload your program to the Atari BBS and just mention that
it's there...


-- 
George Robbins - now working for,	uucp: {ihnp4|seismo|caip}!cbmvax!grr
but no way officially representing	arpa: cbmvax!grr@seismo.css.GOV
Commodore, Engineering Department	fone: 215-431-9255 (only by moonlite)