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From: Christopher Mosley <cmosley@voicenet.com>
Subject: Re: mskermit ansi-bbs
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Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 11:31:30 GMT
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Christopher Mosley <cmosley@voicenet.com> wrote:
> (inexplicable to me) the 8bit chars have been remapped, now the first 8bit
> char is the first char in the dos codepage (smiley face). The dos code page
> has been replicated starting at the first 8 bit char. It can be reset
> back to the original simply by resetting the ansii-bbs term type. Just
> wondering why this is - why has the char set changed and not been returned
> to its original state _or_ where can I find a description of the ansi-bbs
> terminal emulation.
> Thanks
It just occurred to me that the 8 bit characters have become what they would
be if the 1 in 256s column was removed from the binary denotation of the
the character. Maybe the terminal has somehow become 7bit?