> Date:    Tue, 19 Jun 2001 21:45:51 -0500
> From:    Dave <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: This should be easy.  Cont.


> However, using reflections, I sent a x80 or dec 128.  I did this by
holding
> alt then 0128. I got a  +0032.  A dec 127 I got  +0127.  So I threw in the
towel...
  --- snip ---

Alt 128 is not decimal 128 in the Roman-8 character set.  Welcome to the
wonderful
world of Microsoft....the characters that you enter with the Alt-combination
are not
really the Roman-8 equivalents at all, but are the oldstyle ANSI
characterset.  For
example, ALT-233 is lowercase e with an accent grave.  The Roman-8 character
set,
which is in use by Reflection and other terminal emulators, is really
decimal 197.

Alt-128, the funny Euro-Symbol, I believe, doesn't have an equivalent
Roman-8
representation....so Reflection, which is doing the translation for you,
changes it to a space.
It *does* have a representation in the Roman-9 character set, however, and
that is decimal 186!

You can check out http://www.robelle.com/library/smugbook/ansichar.html for
some more
fun with character sets...

To Get Reflection to use the Roman-9 character set, you can do the
following:

- Inside Reflection, select Terminal from the the Setup menu.
- Click on the Emulation tab
- Select Roman-9
- Click OK

Reflection will reset itself (and log you off if you were logged on :-))

Hope this helps!

Ken Robertson
IS Manager
Robelle

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