Comments on RFC #123

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The requirement that byte size 's' be 32-bits for

the initial connection imposes some severe strains on some of

the 36-bit machines. For example, in our PDP-10 (DMCG-

ITS) NCP, we have at present no way of sending or receiving

exactly 32-bits of data. Data is transmitted either in

image mode (36-bit bytes) or in ASCII mode (8-bit characters

with the 8th bit as zero). Perhaps we should permit the

server to send more than 32-bits (say 72-bits) where the

remaining bits could be NULL fillers. The byte size

's' for the connection may be fixed at 8-bits.

[ This RFC was put into machine readable form for entry ]

  [ into the online RFC archives by BBN Corp. under the   ]
  [ direction of Alex McKenzie.                   12/96   ]

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