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 Message 559 
 Carlos Navarro to Tim Schattkowsky 
 IBMPC vs CP437 
 25 Feb 22 19:31:48 
 
TID: FMail-W32 2.0.1.4
TZUTC: 0100
CHRS: CP437 2
MSGID: 2:341/234 621926ba
REPLY: 2:240/1120.29 223b5487
19 Jan 2022 22:23, you wrote to me:

 CN>> Not a high priority issue, but I suggest you change the IBMPC
 CN>> charset identifier to CP437. See "5. Obsolete identifiers" in
 CN>> FTS-5003 for more info. http://ftsc.org/docs/fts-5003.001

 TS> Nope. I think IBMPC is more compatible. Still, WP itself recognizes
 TS> both.

FTS-5003 considers IBMPC obsolete (see sections 4 and 5). If I'm not mistaken
most /modern/ FTN software uses CP437 instead.

Carlos

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