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|    Carlos Navarro to Tim Schattkowsky    |
|    IBMPC vs CP437    |
|    25 Feb 22 19:31:48    |
      TID: FMail-W32 2.0.1.4       TZUTC: 0100       CHRS: CP437 2       MSGID: 2:341/234 621926ba       REPLY: 2:240/1120.29 223b5487       19 Jan 2022 22:23, you wrote to me:               CN>> Not a high priority issue, but I suggest you change the IBMPC        CN>> charset identifier to CP437. See "5. Obsolete identifiers" in        CN>> FTS-5003 for more info. http://ftsc.org/docs/fts-5003.001               TS> Nope. I think IBMPC is more compatible. Still, WP itself recognizes        TS> both.              FTS-5003 considers IBMPC obsolete (see sections 4 and 5). If I'm not mistaken       most /modern/ FTN software uses CP437 instead.              Carlos              --- GoldED+/W32-MSVC 1.1.5-b20180707        * Origin: Costa Blanca, Spain (2:341/234)       SEEN-BY: 15/0 92/1 106/201 124/5016 129/331 153/757 7715 203/0 218/700       SEEN-BY: 221/0 1 6 229/110 317 426 428 664 700 240/1120 266/512 280/464       SEEN-BY: 280/5003 5555 282/1038 292/854 8125 301/1 113 310/31 317/3       SEEN-BY: 320/219 335/364 341/66 234 396/45 460/58 712/848 2452/250       SEEN-BY: 5020/1042 5058/104       PATH: 341/234 280/464 301/1 229/426           |
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