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|    Benny Pedersen to Maurice Kinal    |
|    appearances are decie    |
|    13 Jun 18 07:50:50    |
   
   Hello Maurice!   
      
   12 Jun 2018 12:53, Maurice Kinal wrote to Richard Menedetter:   
      
    MK> Hallo Richard!   
      
    RM>> Microsoft calls it "Code Page 850 MS-DOS Latin 1"   
      
    MK> Given this is the LINUX echo and that the vast majority of linux    
    MK> systems are glibc based, then this should take precedence;   
      
    MK> -={ grep "IBM850//" /usr/lib/gconv/gconv-modules }=-   
    MK> alias CP850// IBM850//   
    MK> alias 850// IBM850//   
    MK> alias CSPC850MULTILINGUAL// IBM850//   
    MK> alias OSF10020352// IBM850//   
    MK> module IBM850// INTERNAL IBM850 1   
    MK> module INTERNAL IBM850// IBM850 1   
      
    ----- LATIN begins -----   
   alias LATIN1// ISO-8859-1//   
   alias CSISOLATIN1// ISO-8859-1//   
   alias LATIN2// ISO-8859-2//   
   alias CSISOLATIN2// ISO-8859-2//   
   alias LATIN3// ISO-8859-3//   
   alias CSISOLATIN3// ISO-8859-3//   
   alias LATIN4// ISO-8859-4//   
   alias CSISOLATIN4// ISO-8859-4//   
   alias CSISOLATINCYRILLIC// ISO-8859-5//   
   alias CSISOLATINARABIC// ISO-8859-6//   
   alias CSISOLATINGREEK// ISO-8859-7//   
   alias CSISOLATINHEBREW// ISO-8859-8//   
   alias LATIN5// ISO-8859-9//   
   alias CSISOLATIN5// ISO-8859-9//   
   alias LATIN6// ISO-8859-10//   
   alias CSISOLATIN6// ISO-8859-10//   
   alias LATIN7// ISO-8859-13//   
   alias LATIN8// ISO-8859-14//   
   alias LATIN-9// ISO-8859-15//   
   alias LATIN9// ISO-8859-15//   
   alias LATIN10// ISO-8859-16//   
   alias ISO-IR-19// LATIN-GREEK//   
   alias CSISO19LATINGREEK// LATIN-GREEK//   
   alias LATINGREEK// LATIN-GREEK//   
   module LATIN-GREEK// INTERNAL LATIN-GREEK 1   
   module INTERNAL LATIN-GREEK// LATIN-GREEK 1   
   alias ISO-IR-27// LATIN-GREEK-1//   
   alias CSISO27LATINGREEK1// LATIN-GREEK-1//   
   alias LATINGREEK1// LATIN-GREEK-1//   
   module LATIN-GREEK-1// INTERNAL LATIN-GREEK-1 1   
   module INTERNAL LATIN-GREEK-1// LATIN-GREEK-1 1   
   alias CSPC862LATINHEBREW// IBM862//   
   alias OS2LATIN1// IBM1004//   
    ----- LATIN ends -----   
      
   is much more what is in use on fidonet   
      
    MK> Looks to me that IBM should be the goto guys as far as what CP850    
    MK> should be called and the only hit I could come up with that might help    
    MK> settle the issue is;   
      
   ibm breaked alot of codepage imho when the battle was done with compaq and   
   other firms belive to have a solved problem solved, we all know today its not   
   solved, not even for fidonet to see multibyte solutions to a single byte   
   computer system like commodore 64   
      
    MK> https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSQ2R2_9.1.1/com.ibm.et   
    MK> ools.cbl.win.doc/topics/rlinfcpg.htm   
      
    MK> However I cannot access it since it requires javascript and I do not    
    MK> have a browser that supports javascript   
      
   who breaked this for you ? :)   
      
    MK> and I have no plans to ever    
    MK> have a browser with javascript capabilities.   
      
   +1   
      
    MK> For the record the    
    MK> Microsoft link you gave worked fine without javascript.   
      
   if just webmasters do a better job, GDPR would never be needed   
      
    MK> Also I have    
    MK> no plans to convert or ever use CP850 so it really doesn't matter what    
    MK> it is really called, or if it even matters in the grand scheme of    
    MK> things. IBM can keep it.   
      
   +1   
      
    MK> Stinkin' IBM.   
      
   fun things is you showed ibm   
      
      
    Regards Benny   
      
   ... there can only be one way of life, and it works :)   
      
   --- Msged/LNX 6.1.2 (Linux/4.17.0-gentoo (x86_64))   
    * Origin: I will always keep a PC running CPM 3.0 (2:230/0)   
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