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Re: Kanji on PC's (MS-DOS)

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From: Erik M. van der Poel
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 1991 02:41
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In article <1605@hpwala.wal.hp.com> lupienj@hpwarq.hp.com writes:
> Is there a standard for Japanese (Kanji) charater codes?

Yes, there are several. The most notable ones are JIS, Shift-JIS and
EUC. The most widely used Kanji code on MS-DOS is Shift-JIS, which is
also known as mskanji (note the "ms").


> More importantly, though, is there any good software for doing Kanji
> display and/or editing (w.p. stuff) that runs on a PC compatible?

I believe several articles have been posted to sci.lang.japan about
Kanji on MS-DOS. Perhaps you should try posting your questions there.
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Erik M. van der Poel                                      erik@sra.co.jp
Software Research Associates, Inc., Tokyo, Japan     TEL +81-3-3234-2692
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Subject: Re: Kanji on PC's (MS-DOS)
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