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peter@ferranti.com (peter da silva) writes:

>In article <1992Dec7.184546.11068@osf.org> dbrooks@osf.org (David Brooks) writes:
>> A significant and growing number of people are using 8859/1 already,

>Another problem is people using *IBM-PC* 8-bit characters, *in headers*.
>This is common, apparently, in Fido. There is a character in Houston who
>has been using the name "(R<e dieresis><centered dot>gan)@???.fidonet.org",
>using the PC encoding. I think that involves characters *outside* the G0
>and G1 sets, too.

And the folks in Fido who do this get sniped at regularly, because 
Fido is *not* a "IBM-PC" network! It is specificly stated in many places
that text in echoes is to be limited to 7-bit ASCII, with only CR and
LF as allowed control characters. 

You see, fido has such things as old TRS-80s (of several models) Apple IIs
and other "oddities" as members. And they complain when someone screws up
their screen!

Such things *happen* in Fido, but aren't encouraged. Drop a note to the
Gateway admin about the guy. (???@ofa123.fidonet.org) He'll rattle the
guys cage.

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