Importing binary files without removable storage nor non-bundled software (was: TKermitFTP

From: Vintage Computer Festival <vcf_at_siconic.com>
Date: Wed Jan 5 22:19:18 2005

On Wed, 5 Jan 2005, Pete Turnbull wrote:

> Dunno, I don't have quite such old versions :-) My old copy of "The
> MS-DOS Bible" says "every version" -- it means 3.30 and older --
> disallows binary reads from devices. The same message is at 5254 in
> MS-DOS 3.30 (ditto in PC-DOS 3.30), at 4CA0 in 3.21, and 4CCC in
> IBM-DOS 4.01 (from a Compaq). I can't read my MS-DOS 2.10 and 2.11
> disks on the hardware I have here. "Binary reads from a device are not
> allowed" is the message at 8753 in DR-DOS 3.41.

The question I haven't seen answered yet is, "Well, why the hell not???"

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