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Re: Kermit binary xfer to TOPS-10

From	Lars Brinkhoff <lars.spam@nocrew.org>
Newsgroups	alt.sys.pdp10
Subject	Re: Kermit binary xfer to TOPS-10
Organization	nocrew
References	<87wm1ylfdg.fsf@atr2.ath.cx> <bndr2m-petf1.ln1@rpi4b1.ad.nandbb.com> <7wa4yso8s9.fsf@junk.nocrew.org> <iu6t2m-2nts1.ln1@rpi4b1.ad.nandbb.com>
Date	2026-01-05 18:34 +0000
Message-ID	<7wy0mbnc1h.fsf@junk.nocrew.org> (permalink)

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Nick Bush wrote:
> It is done by taking the first four 7-bit bytes from the 36-bit word
> and sending them as four 8-bit bytes with a zero first bit, and then
> taking the last 7-bit byte of the 36-bit word and sending it with its
> first bit set to the value of the last bit (bit number 35) of the
> 36-bit word.

Thanks, gotcha.  That's a good encoding.

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  Re: Kermit binary xfer to TOPS-10 Nick Bush <nb4495929+t10@gmail.com> - 2026-01-04 19:37 -0500
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      Re: Kermit binary xfer to TOPS-10 Nick Bush <nb4495929+t10@gmail.com> - 2026-01-05 12:00 -0500
    Re: Kermit binary xfer to TOPS-10 jayjwa <jayjwa@atr2.ath.cx.invalid> - 2026-01-05 12:18 -0500
      Re: Kermit binary xfer to TOPS-10 Nick Bush <nb4495929+t10@gmail.com> - 2026-01-05 14:15 -0500
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