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From: jbvb-tmp@FTP.COM ("James B. Van Bokkelen")
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: Poll: usefulness of ISO 8859-1 vs. IBM PC code table for 8-bit Telnet
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Date: 18 Jan 91 13:19:50 GMT
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I opined that ISO 8859-1 was the right default character mapping for 8-bit
extended-Ascii support in an IBM PC Telnet (as opposed to just using IBM's
code points for the PC display and simply passing 8-bit characters straight
through).  There's been disagreement about something I felt was pretty
straightforward, so I am polling people who actually use extended Ascii.
Send e-mail to the reply-to address above (not the list) answering the
following, and I'll summarize it later if people wish.

1. Which character mapping(s) are your extended-Ascii applications using:
   US-style IBM PC, non-US IBM PC, 8859-1 (ISO Latin 1), other 8859 variant,
   something else?

2. Where did you obtain these applications:  Operating system vendor,
   other commercial software product, shareware developed elsewhere,
   locally developed?

3. Do the applications allow configuration of different extended-Ascii
   character mappings?  More than one at a time?

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