Date   : Thu, 28 Jul 1983 10:20:00 EDT
From   : Keith Petersen <W8SDZ@mit-mc>
Subject: zcpr2 and unsqueezing

Dave, you can get away from the binary zero padding problem on FTPing
binary files from MIT-MC if you simply tell FTP (on BRL or BMD) that
you want the 8-bit byte mode.  The command at BRL and BMD that does
this is "tenex".  If you do this before transferring binary files from
MC, the only thing you'll have to do to make them CP/M compatible is
to strip off the first four bytes.  These first four bytes are added
to COM files by our Christensen-compatible MMODEM program so that it
and other programs can later tell the difference between ASCII and
BINARY files.  I have written a program, ITSCVT, which runs on your
CP/M machine, which removes the first four bytes of ITS-style "COM"
(binary) files.  It's available in AR13:CPM;ITSCVT HEX
--Keith