[2187] in SIPB bug reports
Re: term download
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (kkkken@Athena.MIT.EDU)
Sun Oct 20 03:20:17 1991
From: kkkken@Athena.MIT.EDU
To: Eric McDonald <ericldab@Athena.MIT.EDU>
Cc: bug-sipb@Athena.MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of Sun, 20 Oct 91 02:25:19 -0400.
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 91 03:19:40 EDT
>> Even though I discovered the necessity to type "term download" and passed
>> that info on to you all, I've never actually figured out what it changes
>> about the session. I realize that it prevents you from being able to
>> escape back to the pad, but that isn't all, is it?
Sure, that'd do it! What character lets you escape to the pad? What
happens if that character appears in the transfer?
I think in general, "term download" makes the pad as transparent as
possible... binary file transfer in general requires that each node do
as little input processing as its nasty fingers can stand...
-Ken
