Hello Vladimir.

29 May 06 16:42, you wrote to me:

 VD>>> Language problem - so we need software with cirillic support.

 MV>> You are not the only one that can not make do with the 26 letters
 MV>> in the ASCII character set. Many European languages have that
 MV>> problem, mine included. Nothing new.

 VD> It is correct only particulary - you can use codepage 850 (or 1250)
 VD> which have all symbols,

Codepage 850 is a compromise that includes most of ye symbols that are in
use in Western Europe. Most, but not all. F.e what is missing is the Dutch
character number 25. It consists of a concatenated 'i' and 'j'. What is
also missing is the Euro symbol.

 VD> and this is default codepage for many software.

But not for all.

 VD> But we must use codepage 866 and 1251 and KOI-8R and same another
 VD> because not exist standart of cirillic symbols (each OS have
 VD> own standart)...

In which you are not unique either. Many others have similar problems. In
fact the only ones *not* having those problems are native (US) English
speakers. The ones who designed the ASCII character set.

 VD>>> And very high cost intercity phone calls require connections
 VD>>> over Internet.

 MV>> In that you are not unique either. *Every* region in FidoNet has
 MV>> had to deal with that problem at some time in its history. Hell,
 MV>> we - R28 -, had a seven year cost sharing war over telephone
 MV>> costs.

 VD> May be.

No maybe about it. Intercity telephone costs were a big issue here in The
Netherlands and a seven year cost sharing war *was* fought over it. It is
recorded history.

We dealt with it somehow. No reason why you can not do the same.

 VD>>> As I see on 1:140/1 - R50's echoes is very majority of all
 VD>>> echoes of Z1. I down't know what traffic in Z1 echoes per a day,
 VD>>> in R50 backbone have 8 megabytes per a day (250 MB per a month)
 VD>>> unpacked datas.

 MV>> In the haydays of FidoNet it was the same in Western Europe. You
 MV>> are just lagging a few years behind.

 VD> May be.

You do not have to take my word for it. Just ask a few other old timers in
Westren Europe. Or go thtough the FidoNews archives.

Cheers,

Michiel

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