Joshua, Double byte enabling DOS is no minor feat. It is not a driver but a new operating system. If you are tight on memory your applications may not run because the DBCS support adds overhead. About 5 years ago we gave up on DBCS DOS projects because they were too much grief. Hardware is not that expensive any more. The excuse no longer holds up. Considering that a good Chinese font is 3-10Mb, using DOS just does not make sense. Carl -----Original Message----- From: Magda Danish (Unicode) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2000 2:05 PM To: Unicode List Subject: FW: query -----Original Message----- From: Daniels, Joshua [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, October 13, 2000 2:41 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: query Dear Sir: I'm the international business development manager for PSC and have been tasked with researching the best method for localizing our portable data collector products. These products are DOS (Datalite) based portable computers with integrated lasers that read barcodes. They are basically mini-PCs with proprietary BIOS, but are fully PC compatible. They do not, however, run Windows because of memory and display limitations. We are trying to figure out the best method of integrating Chinese double-byte font support into our product. We understand that this can be done by developing a proprietary driver and then purchasing the appropriate font set. However, we'd like to know other options. I was hoping you could tell me whether Unicode might work, and if not what other possibilities might exist. Yours, Joshua Daniels International Business Development Manager PSC Inc. www.pscnet.com
