Subj : Zmodem and "RAW"
To   : deon
From : Digital Man
Date : Mon Jul 03 2023 08:44 pm

  Re: Zmodem and "RAW"
  By: deon to Cozmo on Tue Jul 04 2023 10:19 am

 >   Re: Zmodem and "RAW"
 >   By: Cozmo to All on Mon Jul 03 2023 11:12 am
 >
 >  > Is there anyway to get Zmodem like DSZ or PD Zmodem to d/l a file using
 >  > "RAW"?
 >
 >  > I have a Door that can D/L files but won't work unless I connect to the
 >  > BBS using "RAW"
 >
 >  > Was wondering if it was possible.
 >
 > It may be possible. You would want something to launch before your door, to
 > put the telnet session in to binary mode, and then turn it off when the door
 > exits.
 >
 > The protocol is here: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc856.txt
 >
 > How to do it, I'm not sure, but a door author could write a door to do it,
 > so when you launch your door, it goes: bbs-> binary mode door -> game ->
 > undo binary mode door -> bbs

Telnet binary mode is not the same thing as Raw TCP. In Telnet binary mode you still have to escape the IAC (0xFF) characters, but not in Raw TCP mode.
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