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From: Christopher Mosley <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: mskermit ansi-bbs
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Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 11:43:27 GMT
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Christopher Mosley <[e-mail]> wrote:


> So finally here is my Question .  The ansi-bbs charset starts out a
> particular way but after some programs are run. It has inexplicably changed
> (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 occurred to me this is what the 8bit chars would become if the
 1 in 128s column was removed in the binary denotation of the char.
 Maybe the terminal has somehow become 7bit.