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From: braden@BRADEN.ISI.EDU (Bob Braden)
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Subject: Re:  Telnet binary mode
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Date: Thu, 18-Jun-87 11:44:51 EDT
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	The one widely-implemented use of 'binary' as of this date is as an
	indication that "we are in EBCDIC now". 
	
Sorry, but I don't think this is true.  The one widely-implemented use of
binary is tn3278, which is NOT (I recall saying this, I think on this
same mailing list within the last 6 months!) repeat, NOT, EBCDIC.  It
is a structured glop containing bit fields and (yes) some character
strings encoded in EBCDIC.  But the only reasonable representation
is BINARY.

   Bob Braden