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		mywittyname on April 16, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: FTP is 50 years old I feel like 7-bit mode stuck around for a while. I remember seeing the option in modern FTP clients.

gnfargbl on April 16, 2021 [–]

I believe that option was more to do with transparently converting between DOS and Unix line terminators. I definitely recall several ruined 2400bps modem downloads in the mid-nineties, because I'd failed to issue a TYPE I command.

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