> The 36-bit ftp clients/servers did things special.  They knew if you
> were dealing with text (stored 5 bytes per 36bit word (7-bit bytes))
> or images (which had their own whacked out format that I can't even
> begin to remember, but may have been 4 bytes per 36 bit word (8-bit
> bytes)) or pages (the ftp protocol of yore had ascii, binary and page
> transfer modes (not sure of the page name).

Moreover, different 36-bit systems did things differently -- Multics
stored text as 4 9-bit characters per 36-bit word.

					- Bill