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echo: fidotest
to: Nigel Reed
from: Carlos Navarro
date: 2021-05-06 16:43:00
subject: latin-1 test

05 May 21 00:12, you wrote to me:

 >> ß <- a with accent
 >> ± <- n with tilde
 NR> This is from SyncTerm running on a PC connected to my Linux based
 NR> SBBS.

 NR> The first character looks like an upper base B similar to the German
 NR> character for ss.

 NR> The 2nd is a + over a - sign.

Thanks for this and the other 2 replies.

Looks like Latin-1 is not being translated to CP437. I see those two (quoted) characters ok if I convert to CP1252 in Golded... :-?

I don't know how Synchronet works with this stuff, or if the "problem" lies somewhere else.

Carlos

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