that's not the problem (to view a character simply use $chr(num) )
254 255 255 255 78 190 58 67 ---> þÿÿÿN¾:C
Dump:
index char byte
132 --> þ --> 254
133 --> ÿ --> 255
134 --> ÿ --> 255
135 --> ÿ --> 255
136 --> N --> 78
137 --> ¾ --> 190
138 --> : --> 58
139 --> C --> 67
The problem is that the 8 bytes represent the value -2 .. or I think so..
