[net.unix-wizards] The 8th bit

jss@rochester.UUCP (Jon S. Stumpf) (05/29/85)

While playing around with my vt220, I found that the
8th bit for every character is set.  I was trying to use
the alternate character sets available.  Is there a way
to have Unix distinguish the character sets 0-127 and
128-255?  I think this can be done in raw mode but I am
looking for a cooked mode that does this correctly.

Please respond by E-mail.  Thanks.

Jon S. Stumpf
allegra!hostc1!jss	(note: this is different than the origin)

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Jon S. Stumpf @ U. of Rochester
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