Binary editing

I'm trying to use the "binary" feature of Vim 7.3, and I can't get it to
turn on. I have it on both Windows 7 and Linux (Ubuntu 11.10 and Redhat
5.7). I've tried:

vim -b <filename>
:set binary
:set display=uhex

and nothing takes any effect. I get the normal "text" assortment of ASCII
characters and <xx> values in a totally useless arrangement.

Might there be a configuration issue I'm missing?

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Daryl Lee
The unexamined life is not worth living. -- Socrates
The unlived life is not worth examining. -- Unknown

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