ml> i see you are running the original like i am... v1.10 with the y2k
 DH> [...]
ml> else is still basically the same...

 DH> All your experience matches mine....Oh well, at least it works! :-)

seems that way... this is one of those times that i kinda (!) wish i was a
C coder... if i was, i could fix what TimED needs to have fixed... even the
y2k date stuff... but :(

from what i can see, there really should be a reverse translation
capability... much software currently allows for translation from IBMPC,
CPxxx to UTF-8 but nothing goes the other way... there's not even anything
that allows for conversion back from UTF-8 to multiple characters like was
used in numerous other languages in recent years... sure the tables could
be built but no one seems to want to do that... at least, none of those in
the know about such stuff... everyone seems to want to "cop out"
to the simple life... so who am i to try to bring forth anything compatible
to the past? :( :?

)\/(ark