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From: cape@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM (Robert Cape)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: ST ROM and Charset Differences: US, French, German, UK, ??
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Date: 29 Apr 88 16:22:57 GMT
Reply-To: cape@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM (Robert M. Cape)
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Date:     Friday, April 29, 1988
From:     Robert Cape
Location: NCR Comten, Information Services
To:       Whoever knows

Subject:  ST ROM and Charset Differences: US, French, German, UK, ??

On several occasions, ST owners in Europe have expressed frustration over
patching US-written ST software to overcome differences in ROM character
set mappings.  I also recall a plea for using/respecting all 8 bits for
characters.

So, my question is this:

Has anyone mapped out the differences in the character sets for the various
national versions of the ST ROMS?  Also, any other important ROM differences?
What about the 8-bit characters.  I'm aware of more than one ISO mapping.

How many different national ROMs are there?  What are they?

If someone would post this information to the net, I'd appreciate it.  If
the national differences were more clearly documented, perhaps more US 
developers might lose their myopea.

Thanks ... Bob

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