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 XPost: alt.answers, chinese.newsgroups.answers 
 From: yawei@cs.indiana.edu 
  
 Archive-name: chinese-text/faq 
 Original-Author: Ya-Gui Wei ~{N:QG9p~} 
 Last-modified: Mar 25, 1996 
 Version: 16.1 
  
 [You are invited to contribute to this FAQ. See (12a) for detail.-yawei] 
  
  
  CONTENTS 
  
  (1)  What are those ~{BRF_0KTc5D6+Nw~}'s posted to alt.chinese.text? 
  (2)  What do I need to do to read Chinese articles on usenet? 
  (2a)  About Chinese Software FTP sites 
  (2b)  Software for DOS Systems 
  (2c)  Software for Microsoft Windows 
  (2d)  Software for Apple Macintosh Systems 
  (2e)  Software for Unix system / workstations: 
  (2f)  Software to print HZ Chinese on Postscript Printers 
  (2g)  Software to read HZ Chinese on dumb terminals 
  (2h)  Are these software packages easy to use? 
  (3)  What Chinese newsgroups are available on usenet? 
  (3a)  My site does not carry Chinese newsgroups. What should I do? 
  (4)  How do I post Chinese text articles to usenet? 
  (4a)  How do I post to Chinese newsgroups via e-mail? 
  (4b)  When I send an HZ article, it keeps saying "unknown tilde escape" ... 
  (4c)  Why isn't it a good idea to cross-post articles to alt.chinese.text? 
  (5)  What is 'HZ'? 
  (5a)  How do I convert HZ Chinese text to/from GB or Big5 systems? 
  (6)  What is FTP and how do I use it? 
  (7)  What else do I need to know about alt.chinese.text? 
  (8)  How many people read alt.chinese.text? 
  (9)  What is alt.chinese.text.big5 and alt.chinese.text.hz? 
 (10)  How do I read Chinese newsgroups through gopher or WWW? 
 (11)  What other net resources broadcast HZ-coded Chinese text? 
 (12)  Where can I obtain the latest version of this FAQ? 
 (12a)  How may I contribute to the writing of this FAQ? 
  
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  (1)  What are those ~{BRF_0KTc5D6+Nw~}'s posted to alt.chinese.text? 
  
      Believe it or not, they are supposed to be Chinese characters. 
      They are usually coded in the "HZ" protocol. You'd need the 
      software that understands the protocol to read them. 
  
      If you have the right software installed on your system, you 
      may be able to read the Chinese text on this newsgroup directly 
      just as you would with English newsgroups. 
  
  
  (2)  What do I need to do to read Chinese articles on usenet? 
  
      It depends on what kind of machine you are using. The following is 
      probably an incomplete list of software which you can use to read 
      this newsgroup: 
  
      This list is not intended to be an exhaustive list of Chinese 
      software. It is intended to help the beginning netter getting 
      started reading this newsgroup. Wherever possible, only software 
      packages that directly support the 'HZ' protocol and are 
      readily available through internet FTP are listed. Additional 
      criteria of quality, user friendliness, and usefulness also may 
      be considered. If you know of any software that I should be 
      included or dropped from the list, please drop me a note. 
  
      For a more comprehensive listing of Chinese software, see 
                ifcss.org:/software/catalogue 
      [By Xiaofei Wang and Liedong Zheng ] 
  
      [If you have problems using the programs listed below, you could 
      seek assistance from (1) local users; (2) fellow alt.chinese.text 
      netters; (3) software authors. The FAQ maintainer most probably 
      can't help you.] 
  
  (2a)  About Chinese Software FTP sites 
  
      Many of the software packages listed below are available from 
      the ftp site ifcss.org. In most cases, the same software 
      packages can also be obtained from one of the following 
      mirror sites: 
  
    ftp.ifcss.org: [identical to ifcss.org] 
    cnd.org: /pub/software/ 
    nctuccca.edu.tw: /Chinese/DOS/ifcss/ 
    iiiafs.iii.org.tw: /Chinese/ifcss/software/ 
    info.gz.gdpta.net.cn: /pub/mirror/chnsoftware/ 
    ftp.cuhk.hk: /pub/chinese/ifcss/software/ 
    ftp.technet.sg: /pub/chinese/ 
  
      You may choose to use one of these mirror sites if ifcss.org 
      is slow or unavailable, or if these sites are closer to you 
      geographically. These sites may also contain Chinese computing 
      materials not found in ifcss.org. 
  
  
  (2b)  Software for DOS Systems 
  
      (a) ZWDOS -- is a MS-DOS kernel extension that gives DOS text mode 
      programs the ability to enter, display, manipulate and print 'zW' 
      and HZ Chinese text. Small memory requirement. Supports EGA, VGA 
      or Hercules Monographic displays. Available for anonymous ftp at: 
                ifcss.org:software/dos/ZWDOS/*.* 
                cs.purdue.edu:pub/ygz/zW-hz/zwdos*.zip 
      [Author: Ya-Gui Wei ] 
  
      (b) NJStar -- A Chinese word processing program supporting GB, 
      HZ and zW codes. Requires Hercules, EGA, VGA or better video 
      hardware. A trial version of the program can be ftp'ed from: 
                ifcss.org:software/dos/editor/njs210-*.zip 
      [Author: Hong-bo Ni.] 
  
      (c) KORE -- Fast Chinese/Japanese text viewing program for MS-DOS. 
      Supports GB and HZ. Chinese fonts are now provided. 
      Available at: 
                mindseye.berkeley.edu:pub/kanji/kanji-viewer/*.* 
      [Author: Frank Klemm ] 
  
  (2c)  Software for Microsoft Windows 
  
      (a) SimpTerm, Version 0.8.0 - A Chinese communication program 
      for MS-Windows 3.1 with build in support for BIG5, HZ and GB 
      encoded text. Features fast and smooth Chinese displaying. Cut, 
      Paste in ASCII, BIG5 and GB text mode, terminal emulations, plus 
      Kermit, XMODEM and YMODEM file transfer protocols. Modem speed up 
      to 57600 bps. Configurable screen size, 800 line screen buffer. 
      Good for on line reading act, act.big5, TANET BBS. Viewing HZ 
      files using regular UNIX utilities, view BIG5 or GB file using 
      CELVIS, CEMACS. Shareware, free for non commercial use. 
           ifcss.org:/software/ms-win/networking/spterm08.exe 
      [Author: Jianqing Hu ~{:z=!G`~}] 
  
      (b) HZComm 1.0 -- communication program supporting HZ codes 
      under Chinese Windows Systems. Requires MS Windows 3.1 and 
      a Chinese System (GB internal code) for Windows. Location: 
                ifcss.org:software/ms-win/hzcomm10.exe 
      [Author: Nick Ke Ning ~{D~?I~} ] 
  
  
  (2d)  Software for Apple Macintosh Systems 
  
      If you are using an Apple Macintosh, try: 
  
      (a) MacBlueTelnet - A Telnet program that can handle all Chinese 
      encodings (such as HZ, GB, Big5, ET etc); based on NCSA Telnet 2.6.2. 
      Require either direct TCP/IP or SLIP/PPP access to Internet. 
                ifcss.org:/software/mac/networking/MacBlueTelnet/*.* 
      [Author: MacBlue] 
  
      (b) MacHZTerm v0.5 - A simple terminal capable of displaying HZ, GB 
  
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