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From: bruceb@informix.com (Bruce Barr)
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Subject: Re: ALED goes to the wastebasket here in Iceland
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Date: 17 Jun 91 14:36:22 GMT
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In article <7270@vela.acs.oakland.edu> w8sdz@wsmr-simtel20.army.mil writes:
>Instead of complaining about the lack of 8th bit support in various
>programs, how about supplying authors with some sample text files and
>a small program which configures their computer to GENERATE AND
>DISPLAY this text (or alternatively, instructions on how to do it by
>installing the needed device drivers which are supplied with MS-DOS).
>
>The ball is in your court, 8th bit users.  Give us the tools we need
>so we can SEE what you need!  Contact me via e-mail for uploading
>instructions to SIMTEL20.
>
>Keith

I am not aware of anything that does this sort of thing, but I might
cosider writing it.  One problem is the lack of a universal automatic
testing method available in DOS. <sigh>  I have run into problems where
merely displaying a file properly didn't test the whole problem.  There
were problems with entry of characters.  Maybe only problems with certain
modes of entry.  Or if entry and display were ok, then printing was not 
possible.

Anyway, I do this for a living (Internationalization) and will probably
sit down and try to present some of the issues in a document of some sort.

In the mean time, if there are any questions about this that anyone has, I
will act as a clearing house for these issues, if anyone is interested.

Cheers,

BB