I was just wondering if \201 (backslash 201) for „ü“ (u umlaut)
would ring a bell. It doesn’t. Yes, I am talking about Extended ASCII (Code Page 437) Chart: 128–255 [1] where | 129 refers to ü | u umlaut | where, by the way, 129 is identical with Code Page 850 (DOS Latin 1) thomas > Am 27.05.2026 um 23:31 schrieb G.W. Haywood via Freedos-user > <[email protected]>: > > Hi there, > > On Wed, 27 May 2026, Thomas Desi via Freedos-user wrote: > >> ... >> (Note: „ü“ u umlaut has ASCII decimal position 129) >> ... > > There seems to be a misunderstanding there. ASCII does not have a > decimal position 129, since it has only 128 code points: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII > > You might be thinking of CP437: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_page_437 > > This sort of thing has been causing problems for decades... > > -- > > 73, > Ged._______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
