Hi
Roger Turk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
RT> I just looked in my MS-DOS 5.0 manual and it seems that you need to
RT> load DISPLAY.SYS, NLSFUNC.EXE, COUNTRY.SYS, and prepare "code pages"
RT> using "mode" command and change code pages by using the DOS command
RT> "chcp." For each "country" there is a "default" code page and an
RT> "alternate" code page (stored in code-page information [.CPI] files.)
RT> Obviously, it will take memory!
Yes it does take memory (display.sys)
I replied to Sam in private, but as this DOS CP comes up again, I thoight
that maybe also others are interested.
=== Begin file: config.sys ===
DEVICEHIGH=C:\DOS\DISPLAY.SYS CON=(EGA,437,1)
=== End file ===
Loads a driver, and tells it that you use a 'modern' graphics card
(ega/vga), which has cp437 as standard codepage. (all have this imho)
and you tell it that you want support for 1 additional CP.
=== Begin file: autoexec.bat ===
MODE CON CODEPAGE PREPARE=((850) C:\DOS\EGA.CPI)
MODE CON CODEPAGE SELECT=850
=== End file ===
1. command tells WHAT this 1 additional CP is, and the 2. switches it on.
country.sys is NOT part of the codepage 'thing'
COUNTRY=043,437,C:\DOS\COUNTRY.SYS
It simply tells the settings for the countries.
What is the currency symbol, what is the default date and time format, is
there a . between thousand numbers (eg 1.000)
the first parameter is the country code. (same as tel code ... eg austria
on tel is 0049 code is 049, hungary is 0036 -> code is 036)
The second paramete can be left out, it defines the default CP.
(but it has no function, eg you can insert 999 and you will still end up
with the standard cp437)
Sorry for this longish letter ...
(Tell me if you all are bored with this topic ...
But I hope this helps some of you)
RT> Roger Turk
CU, Ricsi
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