The Cyrillic Language Kit CD Extras folder contains a collection of software that complements the functionality of the Cyrillic Language Kit. Included are:
Fonts and keyboard layouts that can be used for reading Cyrillic pages on the Worldwide Web, including documents using the following encoding standards:
• KOI8
• Codepage 866
• Codepage 1251
• Apple Standard Cyrillic
In addition, we have also included:
• Mac Translit, a document conversion application (between Internet encodings and MacCyrillic).
• Pro-Chytai!, a Macintosh application which will read files produced
on an IBM PC using Ukrainian Cyrillic.
About Cyrillic Support on the Internet
While there is no well established standard of representing Cyrillic alphabet on the Internet, KOI-8 is a de-facto standard encoding used in Russia for Internet communication. The CD Extras folder, on the Cyrillic Language Kit CD, therefore, includes a KOI-8 font and appropriate keyboard layout to enable you to display, input, and edit KOI-8-based text.
• About Cyrillic encoding options
KOI (which stands for "Kod Obmena Informatsii" or Code of Information Interchange), is an 8-bit encoding standard which includes both Latin and Cyrillic alphabets. It is used in Russia predominantly for communication purposes, such as e-mail, USENET, Internet publishing via WWW, Gopher, etc.
Besides KOI-8, there are other methods of encoding Cyrillic text. While surfing the Internet, you might see the names Apple Standard Cyrillic, Codepage 1252, MS-Windows ANSI and Codepage 866, Alternative PC (DOS).
• Keyboard Layouts
Since KOI-8 fonts contain both Latin and Cyrillic alphabets, the location of letters and symbols differs from the standard keyboard layouts included with the Cyrillic Language Kit. Therefore, when you use the KOI-8 font, you will need to use a separate keyboard layout, which is included in the Extras Folder.
Note: Because KOI-8 fonts contain two alphabets, different mechanisms are built into keyboard layouts to facilitate the ease of switching between the two.
• MacTCP
You should be using the latest version of MacTCP for faster connection and data interchange. The latest version of MacTCP is 2.0.6. It is included with the System 7.5 Update 1.0, which can be found on the Cyrillic Language Kit CD in the CD Extras folder. (If you are not currently using System 7.5, you will not be able to use the Update included on the CD.)
•Additional applications which support Cyrillic text on the Internet
There are several additional applications which support Cyrillic text on the Internet, which have not been included in the Cyrillic Language Kit. These are:
NCSA Telnet (remote connection)
Qualcomm Eudora (E-Mail)
EINet MacWeb (World-Wide Web (WWW) browsers)
Netscape Navigator (World-Wide Web (WWW) browsers)
TurboGopher (Internet Gopher)
• Internet addresses for more information
These addresses could be used as the starting points to access other Cyrillic Macintosh sources on the Internet.
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