KLUNDE@VMS.MACC.WISC.EDU ("Ken R. Lunde") (03/23/91)
Archive-name: text/japanese/lunde-japan-inf/1991-03-22
Archive: ucdavis.edu:/pub/JIS/japan.inf [128.120.2.1]
Original-posting-by: KLUNDE@VMS.MACC.WISC.EDU ("Ken R. Lunde")
Original-subject: New version of JAPAN.INF
Reposted-by: emv@msen.com (Edward Vielmetti, MSEN)
JAPAN.INF Version 1.0
ELECTRONIC TRANSFER OF JAPANESE
March 22, 1991
Ken R. Lunde ($B>.NS(J $B7u(J)
Department of Engineering Professional Development
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Room #4 General Engineering (T-24)
1527 University Avenue
Madison, WI 53706
(608)238-4118 (home)
(608)262-4810 (office)
(608)262-6707 (fax)
klunde@vms.macc.wisc.edu (internet)
klunde@wiscmacc (bitnet)
This article is a description of how to send and receive *real* Japanese
text (i.e., kana and kanji) using electronic mail. I am absolutely delighted
to share this information with others, and I would appreciate any comments on
its content. Since some of the information contained within changes on a
monthly, even weekly basis, I keep a current copy in electronic form. In fact,
it was originally in electronic form. A current copy of this article will be
made available at two places: by anonymous FTP at ucdavis.edu (128.120.2.1) in
the pub/JIS directory under the name japan.inf; and by contacted me directly
through electronic mail to request a copy -- my electronic mail address is
given above.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
INTRODUCTION
PART 0: THE JAPANESE CHARACTER SET
PART 1: 7-BIT JAPANESE CODES
PART 2: 8-BIT JAPANESE CODES
PART 3: SENDING JAPANESE
PART 4: RECEIVING JAPANESE
PART 5: CONVERSION OF JAPANESE CODES
PART 6: JAPANESE E-MAIL NETWORKS AND ADDRESSING TEMPLATES
PART 7: ACTIVE JUNET DOMAINS
PART 8: JUNET NEWS
PART 9: HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS
A FINAL NOTE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
APPENDIX 1: BITNET NODES IN JAPAN
APPENDIX 2: JUNET DOMAINS
APPENDIX 3: JUNET NEWS NEWSGROUPS
INTRODUCTION
Electronic mail has become a very efficient means of communicating both
locally and world-wide. While it is very simple to send text which uses only
the 94 printable ASCII characters, character sets which contains more than
these ASCII characters pose special problems. In this article, I will describe
how Japanese characters can be sent using electronic mail.
This report contains actual Japanese text throughout, so don't be alarmed
if strange sequences of ASCII characters appear. All Japanese contained in
this file is in the NEW-JIS code.
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