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|    Ozz Nixon to All    |
|    CP850 (I think)    |
|    23 Apr 19 14:01:35    |
      X-RFC-Mime: 1.0       REPLYADDR: ozznixon@gmail.com       MSGID: 1:1/123.0 5CBEE27F       PID: ExchangeBBS NNTP Server v3.1/Linux64       TID: ExchangeBBS FTN Tosser/JAM v1.19.04 (Beta 4.09)       The more I tinker with CP437 <-> UTF8, the more I realized, other        Fidonet users may need/want such translation from the BBS. So, I        started reading about CP850, and the description said 0x85 for example        i (without the top dot) in one CP8?? code page is a different character        all together - and this is how I could easily ask the user do you see:        "said char" Y=CP850, N=CP855 (I think). As my vagueness suggests, I        have no f'ing clue haha.              So Ward, Bjorn, etc. what would be a good way to ask the user their        code page, when they may not even know what a code page is?              And... in CP850 can I still draw a single line box, or does that code        page only support double line box? (would post a visual but this NNTP        client does not like those characters).              Thank you (anyone) for insight on CP <-> UTF8 feedback!       Ozz              --        .. Ozz Nixon       ... Author ExchangeBBS (suite)       .... Since 1983 BBS Developer              --- ExchangeBBS NNTP Server v3.1/Linux64        * Origin: (1:1/123)       SEEN-BY: 15/2 18/200 123/1970 226/17 229/107 123 354 426 452 1014       SEEN-BY: 240/5832 249/206 317 400 280/464 317/3 322/757 342/200 393/68       SEEN-BY: 633/280       PATH: 1/123 229/426           |
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