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From: JDA@NIHCU.BITNET (Doug Ashbrook)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re:  Problem with Mini-Menu in UltraMacros
Message-ID: <8802111140.aa28355@SMOKE.BRL.ARPA>
Date: 11 Feb 88 16:35:24 GMT
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> Maybe all the files that are sent should be sent in executioner format that
> doesn't use punctuation marks or tildes or carats or any of the other
> weird characters that get corrupted when they go thru the gateways.
> Maybe use only letters and numbers?????
>
> Chris

I agree completely!  What this means is that files should not be sent
in EXECUTIONER's 6-bit packing mode.  The 4-bit packing mode seems to
work fine since no "special" characters are used.  Unfortunately, the
"MINI-MENU in UltraMacros" file was in 4-bit packing mode.  The
garbage (and probably lost characters) were most likely caused by
transmission errors between the originator (Grant Delaney) and the
APPLE2-L list server.

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