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From: robert@gar.no (Robert Andersson)
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Subject: 7-bit access to BBS'es. Was: Re: MS-DOS Kermit 3.14 Beta-9 Ready
Date: 1 Nov 1994 00:03:07 +0100
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In <392um9$ik7@apakabar.cc.columbia.edu> fdc@fdc.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz) writes:
>I am confident that BBSs are completely unconcerned with both 7-bit access
>and with character sets. The entire premise of the BBS world is that you
>have a totally transparent 8-bit communications link, and there is only
>one character set in the world: code page 437.
>Can anybody prove me wrong? Is there a BBS anywhere in the world that is
>designed to allow 7-bit access, or that supports different character sets,
>but still expects the "ANSI" terminal type? I would like to think so, but
>I am not hopeful.
You're being overly pessimistic. Below is a screen snapshot from the
character set configuration in the BBS system we run here. This BBS is also
programmed to support both 8bit-none and 7bit-even parity, with detection
being done automatically at logon time. All while running in "ANSI" BBS
emulation mode. The same BBS software runs at a few hundred sites around
the world, with most installations in Norway and Finland.
Which character set are you using (type ? for help): ?
Character sets: look at these characters...
1:[ 2:] 3: 4:A 5:# 6:^ 7:{
1) If 1 is a left square bracket then
1a) If 3 is a japanese Yen sign (capital Y) you have IBM
1b) If 3 is a norwegian OE then you are using IBN
1c) If 3 is a small u with an accent you are an Apple MAC
1d) If 4 is a capital A with an accent then you have ISO
1e) If 5 is a number sign (double cross) you have US7
1f) If 5 is a pounds sign then you are in UK7
2) If 1 is a capital A with two dots on it then
2a) If 2 is a U with two dots on it then you have GE7
2b) If 2 is a A with a ring over it then you are using SF7
3) If 1 is a capital AE sign then
3a) If 6 is a U with two dots on it then you are using DE7
3b) If 6 is a caret (hat, circumflex accent) then it's NO7
4) If 1 is a degree sign then
4a) If 7 is a small e with an accent then you have FR7
4b) If 7 is a small a with an accent then you have IT7
5) If 1 is an upside exclamation mark then you have SP7
Regards, Robert.
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Robert Andersson Voice +47 22418551 Gallagher & Robertson A/S
robert@gar.no Fax +47 22428922 Kongensgt. 23, 0153 Oslo, Norway