faiman@uiuccsb.UUCP (02/27/84)
#R:linus:-75800:uiuccsb:27400001:000:860 uiuccsb!faiman Feb 27 16:10:00 1984 When I was visiting the institute at S'dei Boker last summer I noticed some North Star Advantages, whose keytops had been equipped with Hebrew letters on their front faces, and which were being used for text process- ing in both English and Hebrew at the same time, apparently using some version of Wordstar. The only disadvantage (pun not intended) was that, in this bilingual mode, English was upper case only - presumably, too small a character ROM. I was told that a company in the Tel-Aviv area made the modifications. North Star, in San Leandro, might be able to provide more information, or I can put you in touch with someone at the institute. However, the makers of quite a few personal computers, including NEC, for example, claim that users can create their own character sets. I haven't checked into this. Mike Faiman (pur-ee!uiucdcs!faiman)
burton@fortune.UUCP (04/05/84)
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fortune!burton Apr 5 10:06:00 1984
The Diablos Systems Supplies Catalog shows a Hebrew printwheel for their
diasywheel printers. In the absence of other standards, perhaps this
one could be used.
Philip Burton 101 Twin Dolphin Drive-MS 133
Fortune Systems Redwood City, CA 94065 (415) 595-8444 x 526
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