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In <1992Dec21.070828.23990@news.cs.brandeis.edu> tabron@binah.cc.brandeis.edu 
("Sod the proles!") writes:

>After seeing so many of you rave about ZTerm, I decided to give it a try,
>having reached the conclusion that both QuickLink II and MacKermit "do not 
meet
>my needs" (read: suck cheese.) I'm very excited about ZTerm and the copy I
>ftp'd from sumex looks fine, and yet:

>ZTerm does not accept 8-bit characters for me.

>The only command I see that has to do with 8-bit characters (and yes, I 
>_did_ read the manual) is the option under, I believe, terminal settings where
>you can choose NOT to accept "high-bit" characters (I assume this means
>8-bit).Therefore I assume accepting 8-bit characters is a default. Therefore I
>can't understand why it doesn't do it.(That is one thing MacKermit will do, 
and
>it is vital to me.)

>Running 7.0.1 +tuneup, Classic II, Extension Manager, SuperClock,
>DiskDoubler,the usual suspects -- nothing exotic. Help?

>Judith Tabron
>Brandeis University


In what sense is it "not accepting" 8-bit characters?  A few things to check 
are both the terminal settings (which you mention) and the connection settins,
which you do not. Of course every system is different, but if you don't have an
8-bit connection specified, no amount of other fiddling will give you 8 bits. 
If what you need is a usually-7-bits connection with the occasional switch into
8 bits, that is quite easy, since the little parity/bits/stopbits indicator at
the bottom of the screen is really a pop-up menu, and you can use it to make 
the switch as needed.