Hello mark,   
      
   On Fri Feb 10 2017 20:35:06, mark lewis wrote to Nicholas Boel:   
      
    NB>> You say potato, etc..   
      
    ml> yes and no... it is really easy to understand though...   
      
   I understand it just fine, though you seem to want to continue to teach me   
   something I already know. :)   
      
    ml> of course not... their glyphs are different than latin glyphs... this   
    ml> is really simple when looking at the old school way... there are   
      
   Therein lies the problem from my standpoint. I've used CP437 (and still do   
   when it comes to the BBS itself) and all it's limitations. Besides displaying   
   ANSI graphics on my BBS to callers using ANSI capable terminal programs, I'm   
   over the "old school way" when it comes to messaging. There should be no   
   limitations whatsoever. One should be able to read and write whatever they   
   desire. I went ahead and made that possible for myself. If others don't care   
   to do so, that's their choice.   
      
    ml> because it depends also on what his OS can display... what i mean by   
    ml> this is that he has to be able to load the OS with the needed code   
    ml> page to view them correctly but if he does that, he'll lose all the   
    ml> normal latin glyphs... switching to UTF-8 on the OS will alleviate   
      
   In this case (as well as many others) I don't think the OS has anything to do   
   with it. He's using Windows 10, which has the capabilities to use anything he   
   would be so inclinded to use for his own purposes. It's the antique FTN   
   software that is holding people back.   
      
   A lot of people choose to move on with their OS as they are released, but then   
   get upset when their software from the 80s doesn't continue to work. Had the   
   developers of that 80s software still been around today, they would have and   
   could have updated it to reflect new technology in modern OSes.   
      
   With that said, I don't fault anyone for using what they choose to use.   
   Whatever floats your boat and works best for you, by all means stick with it.   
   However, I've chosen to make changes in order to accomplish things I've wanted   
   to accomplish, and am okay with the fact that it may or may not work on   
   other's systems.   
      
   Regards,   
   Nick   
      
   ... "Не знаю. Я здесь только работаю."   
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