ijk@cbnewsh.ATT.COM (ihor.j.kinal) (04/07/89)
I'm interested in what is on the market or available as shareware.
So far, I've discovered two systems that come close to what I want,
and I'm interested if anyone knows about others and can make
recommendations.
[NOTE: Ukrainian is a Cyrillic language, similar to Russian, but with
several characters that are different].
I know about:
LETTRIX: an editor that does Greek, Russian, and several
others. Retail Price around $100. Works only 9-pin printers [which
is what I have]. Has the capability to design your own characters
{has anyone tried????}.
There's also an outfit in Canada [Key Co].that actually sells a
Ukrainian editor, but their system replaces the VIDEO char chip,
and requires a printer that can accept at LEAST 66 downloadable
characters [mine doesn't, and I'm not sure about replacing the
video chip]. [Phone # 613 824-3878]
If anyone needs more info, let me know.
Thanks for any advice or info.
Ihor Kinal 201 615- 4374.
cbnewsh!ijk
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violin!ijkukrainec@maccs.McMaster.CA (Andy Ukrainec) (04/13/89)
In article <166@cbnewsh.ATT.COM> ijk@cbnewsh.ATT.COM (ihor.j.kinal) writes: >I'm interested in what is on the market or available as shareware. >So far, I've discovered two systems that come close to what I want, >and I'm interested if anyone knows about others and can make >recommendations. >[NOTE: Ukrainian is a Cyrillic language, similar to Russian, but with >several characters that are different]. [stuff deleted] I am not aware of any shareware, but my recommendation would be T3 (pronounced tee-cubed), which doesn't have Ukrainian per se, but has Russian cyrillic and a font editor. I've been meaning to edit the cyrillic font to generated the necessary extra characters, but I haven't got around to it yet. The nice thing about T3 is that once you have the font, you can create any arbitrary keyboard layout you want. It also supports 9-pin printers very nicely. I should mention that T3 is a full-blown technical word processor, so if you do technical writing, it is the one for you. (PC Mag recommends it.) I have tried Lettrix, but it is not WYSIWYG so it is a pain to use. Try figuring out what "DOBRIJ DEN" is mapped onto a QWERTY keyboard. Of course, there is a $400-$500 catch to using T3, so it may not be the solution for you. I would recommend that you drop by a local university and see what their Slavic languages department is using. They may have a lower cost solution for you. Hope this helps. -- _______________________________________________________________________ ! "I am what I am!" Andrew Ukrainec ukrainec@maccs.mcmaster.ca ! ! Communications Research Laboratory, McMaster University ! ! Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4K1 !