In message  <2.2.32.19970605063513.00720ffc@zephyr.ses.bom.gov.au>
 PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU writes:

> >A b'00000000' is an EOF (end of file) code,
>
> Bzzzt. Wrong! The b'00000000' is the NULL. EOF is 1AHex, 26Dec, b'00011010'.
> Refer to any Peter Norton book on DOS if you need to see it in another print
> form.

Oops!, sorry, I typed that after I came back from the pub :-).

Nigel.

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