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//Hello Carlos,//

on *25.02.22* at *18:31:48* You wrote in Area *WINPOINT*
to *Tim Schattkowsky* about *"IBMPC vs CP437"*.

 CN> FTS-5003 considers IBMPC obsolete (see sections 4 and 5). 

Correct.

 CN> If I'm not mistaken most modern FTN software uses CP437 instead.

Since there exists software that only works with IBMPC and all software using
CP437 is probably supporting IBMPC is well, it makes most sense to write IBMPC
to the kludge to maximize compatibility. Why would anyone want to move to a
less compatible alternative to feel better about standards that are intended
to describe the current technical practice?

For the fun of it: What would be the benefit of writing CP437 instead of IBMPC?

Regards,
Tim

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