Subj : BBS Promotion
To   : mark lewis
From : Nicholas Boel
Date : Fri Feb 10 2017 09:55 pm

Hello mark,

On Fri Feb 10 2017 20:35:06, mark lewis wrote to Nicholas Boel:

 NB>> You say potato, etc..

 ml> yes and no... it is really easy to understand though...

I understand it just fine, though you seem to want to continue to teach me 
something I already know. :)

 ml> of course not... their glyphs are different than latin glyphs... this
 ml> is really simple when looking at the old school way... there are

Therein lies the problem from my standpoint. I've used CP437 (and still do when 
it comes to the BBS itself) and all it's limitations. Besides displaying ANSI 
graphics on my BBS to callers using ANSI capable terminal programs, I'm over 
the "old school way" when it comes to messaging. There should be no limitations 
whatsoever. One should be able to read and write whatever they desire. I went 
ahead and made that possible for myself. If others don't care to do so, that's 
their choice.

 ml> because it depends also on what his OS can display... what i mean by
 ml> this is that he has to be able to load the OS with the needed code
 ml> page to view them correctly but if he does that, he'll lose all the
 ml> normal latin glyphs... switching to UTF-8 on the OS will alleviate

In this case (as well as many others) I don't think the OS has anything to do 
with it. He's using Windows 10, which has the capabilities to use anything he 
would be so inclinded to use for his own purposes. It's the antique FTN 
software that is holding people back.

A lot of people choose to move on with their OS as they are released, but then 
get upset when their software from the 80s doesn't continue to work. Had the 
developers of that 80s software still been around today, they would have and 
could have updated it to reflect new technology in modern OSes.

With that said, I don't fault anyone for using what they choose to use. 
Whatever floats your boat and works best for you, by all means stick with it. 
However, I've chosen to make changes in order to accomplish things I've wanted 
to accomplish, and am okay with the fact that it may or may not work on other's 
systems.

Regards,
Nick

.... "Не знаю. Я здесь только работаю."
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