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From: ccc_ldo@waikato.ac.nz (Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Waikato University)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: What is System *Z1*-6.0.5?
Message-ID: <1442.26e3e292@waikato.ac.nz>
Date: 4 Sep 90 05:21:21 GMT
References: <249@sc2a.unige.ch>
Organization: University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
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The "Z" or "Z1" prefix (it seems to vary) denotes the "International"
version of the system. This has been "localised" for use in Australia
(changing all spellings of "color" to "colour", setting the date format,
defaulting to A4 paper in the printer drivers, making metric the preferred
measurement system etc) and "some smaller European countries" (to quote a
documentation file I saw somewhere). I never thought of New Zealand as
a "smaller European country", but there you go...

Some localisations involve the addition of whole new "script systems"
for handling input and display of non-Roman text--for example, Kanji.

For those who're interested, here's a complete list of all current
localised versions of Mac system software. These are available on
the CD-ROMs that come with the second and third issues of "develop"
magazine.

Country                Version   Disks
-------                -------   -----
Arabic                 AB-6.0.5    4
British                B-6.0.5     4
Chinese (simplified)   CH-6.0.3    5
Chinese (traditional)  TA-6.0.4   12 (also Taiwanese)*
Danish                 DK-6.0.5    4
Dutch                  N-6.0.4     4
Faeroese               FA-6.0.3    4
Finnish                K-6.0.5     4
French                 F-6.0.5     5
French, Canadian       C-6.0.5     4
French, Swiss          SF-6.0.5    4
German                 D-6.0.5     5
German, Swiss          SD-6.0.5    4
Greek                  GR-6.0.4    4
Hebrew                 HB-6.0.4    4
Icelandic              SK-6.0.3    4
International          Z-6.0.5     4
Italian                T-6.0.5     5
Kanji                  J-6.0.4     9
Korean                 KH-1.0      2
Norwegian              H-6.0.5     4
Persian                PS-6.0.3    4
Portuguese             PO-6.0.4    4
Spanish                E-6.0.5     5
Swedish                S-6.0.5     4
Turkish                TU-6.0.4    4
Yugoslavian            YU-6.0.4    4

*There is also another set of 10 floppies containing a "font
option kit" for use on Taiwanese systems.

Lawrence D'Oliveiro                       fone: +64-71-562-889
Computer Services Dept                     fax: +64-71-384-066
University of Waikato            electric mail: ldo@waikato.ac.nz
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