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Hello Carlos,

On Saturday April 20 2024 14:51, you wrote to me:

 MV>> Our collegues in the east may see it different.

 CN> I don't think it's an issue WRT the sysop name field, as they mostly
 CN> use romanized versions of their names.

For most of the history of Fidonet there never was a choice. Fidonet started
as ASCII only and remanained that way for a long time. I wonder if they still
would if there really was a choice...

 CN> But it would be a problem when entering area descriptions, also for
 CN> many western languages...

Yes, more than just ASCII in the area decscriptions would be nice.


Cheers, Michiel

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