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From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: Question on Macintosh Latin character set
Date: 29 Jul 1996 17:43:21 -0400
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In article <4tj9i5$l70@news.ccit.arizona.edu>,
David Sewell <dsew@packrat.aml.arizona.edu> wrote:
: I need to distribute some files that use the ISO Latin-1 character
: set, and I'm using the XLATE function of C-Kermit to translate them
: into a couple of other formats (PC codepage 850, plain ASCII). If
: I use the Macintosh-Latin translation that C-Kermit provides, will
: the result be a file that will make sense to any standard Macintosh
: word processor
:
Yes, it should make sense.
Macintosh Latin has all the characters of Latin-1, plus a bunch of
others, since Macintosh character sets, like IBM code pages, use the
32 C1 positions for graphic characters. You can read all about Macintosh