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From: twp1@acpub.duke.edu (Travis Pouarz)
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Subject: Re: LINE : Hello sign
Date: 22 Nov 1994 02:53:05 GMT
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In article <ogreCzMzsL.1yG@netcom.com>
ogre@netcom.com (A OGRE) writes:

> C. Martin (aa709@cleveland.Freenet.Edu) wrote:
> 
> >< In a previous article, a7f192@ugrad.cs.ubc.ca (Sylvia Yuen-Sze Tam) says: >
> 
> >> Please tell me if the following sign shows up or not.
> >> I used the special characters in DOS to draw it and I don't
> >> think the drawing will show up in a window environment.
> 
> >   I use ProComm Plus (using VT102 emulation) and *I* can see your sign
> >just fine.  I couldn't tell you what the newsreader we use here on The
> >Cleveland Free-Net is, but I have posted simple lines like
> 
> >                         -=+*���ۯ this �۲��*+=-
> 
>   The problem is, non-IBM computers have different symbols for the
> non-ASCII characters above 128.  For example, all of us using
> X-windows see something completely different than what you get on a
> DOS box.  An Amiga has yet another set of characters in those
> positions(unless you use a special DOS font with DOS characters), and
> I suspect a Macintosh would have _yet another_ set.
> 
>   Then there's the problem with 7-bit transfers at some sites others
> have already mentioned.

Joe is exactly right.  I can see the HELLO, but I am sure that it looks
different on my Mac than on your IBM.  It's not bad at all, but you're
probably seeing something much better.

Travis Pouarz, The Wellington of Duke          __  __  __
twp1@acpub.duke.edu                              __  __