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Subject: Re: Anything of interest from the Bootcamp ?
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 23:47:43 -0400
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On 10/25/2024 11:27 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Oct 2024 19:03:11 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> I suspect that Robert neither know these letters nor has a keyboard
>> setup to enter them.
> 
> Ironic, isn’t it, that DEC has long had a presence in Western Europe. And
> it had its “DEC Multinational Character Set” in the days before Unicode.
> 
> But it seems that’s all gone now, and even long-time DEC fans have lost
> the ability to deal with that.

Nobody has lost anything. Same situation as back then.
Just software instead of hardware. And therefore
easier.

With a VT220 you needed a swedish/danish keyboard instead
of the US keyboard.

With a Windows PC you need swedish/danish keyboard
installed instead of US keyboard installed. Well - one
can have multiple keyboards installed which makes it
a little easier to switch. And there is the Character
Map thingy exposing everything.

Arne