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From: grinberg@bimacs.BITNET (Dennis Grinberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Hebrew DOS Einstein Word Processor Israel PC's
Keywords: Hebrew DOS Einstein Word Processor Israel PC's
Message-ID: <981@bimacs.BITNET>
Date: 18 Jul 89 12:48:10 GMT
References: <15277@ut-emx.UUCP>
Reply-To: grinberg@bimacs.UUCP (Dennis Grinberg)
Organization: Bar-Ilan University, Israel.
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In article <15277@ut-emx.UUCP> nghiem@walt.cc.utexas.edu (Alex Nghiem) writes:
>A person from our Classics Department came into our lab with an
>interesting problem. Seems she was given a Hebrew Word Processor
>that was developed at a University in Israel, called _Einstein_
>_Word_ _Processor_. The trouble is that when she tries to run
>this program on a US IBM PC, the characters are all high ASCII
>graphics characters and are undecipherable. In our IBM DOS 3.3
> STUFF DELETED HERE
>Thanks,

For PC's with cga,mga,herculas and I think ega boards, the Hebrew
characters are on the boards ROM, you must buy a board in Israel.
(That's why I carry a board with me when I go to the US). In addition,
IBM software is needed (KEYBHE) which must be purchased. It can be
bought in Israel with no problems, I don't know if it can be purchased
elsewhere.

On a VGA the situation is different because alternate fonts are
employed by software (using codepages). For a VGA, ONLY software is
needed. This can be purchased in the same way as the software mentioned
in the previous paragraph.

Hope this helps:

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