jbvb-tmp@FTP.COM ("James B. Van Bokkelen") (01/18/91)
I opined that ISO 8859-1 was the right default character mapping for 8-bit extended-Ascii support in an IBM PC Telnet (as opposed to just using IBM's code points for the PC display and simply passing 8-bit characters straight through). There's been disagreement about something I felt was pretty straightforward, so I am polling people who actually use extended Ascii. Send e-mail to the reply-to address above (not the list) answering the following, and I'll summarize it later if people wish. 1. Which character mapping(s) are your extended-Ascii applications using: US-style IBM PC, non-US IBM PC, 8859-1 (ISO Latin 1), other 8859 variant, something else? 2. Where did you obtain these applications: Operating system vendor, other commercial software product, shareware developed elsewhere, locally developed? 3. Do the applications allow configuration of different extended-Ascii character mappings? More than one at a time? James B. VanBokkelen 26 Princess St., Wakefield, MA 01880 FTP Software Inc. voice: (617) 246-0900 fax: (617) 246-0901