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From: einari@rhi.hi.is (Einar Indridason)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: UNIX, PC's and NeXT's ..
Message-ID: <2676@krafla.rhi.hi.is>
Date: 25 Jan 91 23:09:04 GMT
References: <1991Jan24.213926.18899@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> <$77Gx-=5@cs.psu.edu>
Reply-To: einari@rhi.hi.is (Einar Indridason)
Organization: University of Iceland (RHI)
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In article <$77Gx-=5@cs.psu.edu> melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) writes:
>From a NeXT user's point of view: Bag the 386 Unix machines, get a
>NeXT instead.  It's at least as fast as a 486 machine, and it seems to
>be as fast as a Sparc Station 1+.  For $3500(educational), you get the
>machine(Farfegnugen :-) -- spelled wrong, I know) and Unix.
>
>-Mike


To continue the discussion about NeXT.  Does the NeXT support character that
have the 8th bit set?

(would it support Icelandic, where we *need* 10 extra lower case characters and
10 extra upper case characters in addition to the 'standard ASCII' (insert
evil grin here)
?)

I have heard that the NeXT doesn't support the 8th bit.  Is that true?

(and if that is true, then CENSORED CENSORED CENSORED CENSORED CENSORED 
CENSORED CENSORED CENSORED CENSORED CENSORED CENSORED CENSORED CENSORED 
CENSORED CENSORED CENSORED CENSORED CENSORED CENSORED CENSORED CENSORED 
(a whole lot of cursing.  :-|



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Surgeon Generals warning:  Masking the 8th bit can seriously damage your brain!!