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   Hey August!   
      
   On Mon, Jan 19 2026 08:06:08 -0600, you wrote:   
      
   > H:\>busybox sh H:/ $ echo -e "A M\xf8\xf8se once bit my sister ..."   
   > | iconv -f latin1 -t utf8 A MA,A,se once bit my sister ... H:/ $   
      
   While in busybox, what is the output of   
      
   $ locale   
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8   
   LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"   
   LC_NUMERIC="en_US.UTF-8"   
   LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8"   
   LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"   
   LC_MONETARY="en_US.UTF-8"   
   LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8"   
   LC_PAPER="en_US.UTF-8"   
   LC_NAME="en_US.UTF-8"   
   LC_ADDRESS="en_US.UTF-8"   
   LC_TELEPHONE="en_US.UTF-8"   
   LC_MEASUREMENT="en_US.UTF-8"   
   LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_US.UTF-8"   
   LC_ALL=   
        
   > A limiting factor could certainly be the Font selected for my OpenXP   
   > terminal. Currently using Lucinda Console TTF   
      
   I would say Lucida Console TTF should be okay.   
      
   What are you using for your OpenXP terminal?   
      
   If it's just a normal Windows command shell/prompt it might be defaulted to   
   CP437 (or maybe CP850 if you're in EU). You can see this by typing "chcp" at   
   your command prompt.   
      
   C:\Users\Nick>chcp   
   Active code page: 437   
      
   Or another option, that from what I've read has better UTF-8 support, would be   
   to use PowerShell.   
      
   Regards,   
   Nick   
      
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