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int_19h
259 days ago
In DOS days, codepage 437 was commonly referred to as "ASCII" colloquially in countries where some other encoding was in use for the national script.
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umanwizard
259 days ago
Interesting to know, thanks!
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MisterTea
258 days ago
Yup, what the GP said. It was a common mistake for people to assume ASCII included CP 437 characters back in the DOS days. Even I made that assumption when I was a kid.
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