Additions to the KERMIT system for transferring binary files through CMS
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Authors
Lyons, Norman R.
Subjects
NA
Advisors
Date of Issue
1986-02
Date
1986-02
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
It is convenient to be able to store binary files on a mainframe computer. The mainframe computer can be used as a bulletin board that may be accessed by anyone owning a personal computer. Files may be left on this bulletin board and downloaded by anybody with legal access to the mainframe. Because of the design of the IBM mainframe, it has not been possible to download binary files. An IBM's communication processor strips off the eighth bit of each incoming byte. This renders binary files meaningless, and has precluded the use of IBM mainframes as a bulletin board.
Type
Technical Report
Description
Series/Report No
Department
Administrative Sciences
Identifiers
NPS Report Number
NPS-54-86-001RP
Sponsors
National Communications Systems, Arlington, VA
Funder
MIPR HC1001-6-10118
Format
Citation
Distribution Statement
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.