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   Holger Granholm to Maurice Kinal   
   Re: Character codes   
   21 Feb 19 17:05:00   
   
   In a message on 02-19-19 Maurice Kinal said to Holger Granholm:   
      
   Hej Maurice.   
      
    HG> didn't agree with the chr.codes I had   
      
   MK> That is because it cannot be mapped out to PC8.  latin1 will work   
   MK> and will be mapped out to 0xf8 (dec 248 if you prefer).   
      
   MK> Near as I can figure dec 148 in PC8 would be the "LATIN SMALL LETTER   
   MK> O WITH DIAERESIS" which in latin1 is dec 246 or the ö character in   
   MK> utf8.   
      
   The expression 'diaeresis' doesn't exist in my vocabulary or dictionary.   
   However, if diaeresis is the same as the 'divide' sign on the numeric   
   keyboard I agree. That comes out as the Umlaut 'o' in when translated   
   from Latin 1.   
      
    HG> and the slashed capital O is to be found among the graphical chrs   
    HG> of PC8 as code 216.    
      
   In Latin 1 it's represented by chr code D8 or dec.216 which happens to   
   be the same as in CP 437.   
      
   This chr is often used as a replacement for zero.   
      
   MK> I'll have to take your word for that since I have never found a map   
   MK> for PC8.  I have seen speculation that it is the same as CP437.   
   MK> Is it?   
      
   In that case I would recommend that you try to aquire the booklet   
   "IBM OS/2 Warp 4" "Keyboards and Code Pages" published in 1996 by IBM   
   with the Order No. 29H3183.   
      
   It contains a heap of keyboard layouts and Code Pages for Publishing,   
   EBCDIC, APL2 and of course Text. It's indispensable when figuring out   
   various keyboards and code pages.   
      
   MK> '...' En Møøse hade en gång min syster ...   
   What is this .................^^ in Latin 1?   
      
      
   Ha en bra dag,   
      
   Holger   
      
      
   .. My spelling? Oh, it's just line noise.   
   -- MR/2 2.30   
      
      
      
   --- PCBoard (R) v15.22 (OS/2) 2   
    * Origin: Coming to you from the Sunny Aland Islands. (2:20/228)   

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