Re: IIGS Modem troubleshooting --> Marinetti TCP/IP

[Joe Kohn <joko@NoMoreSpam.net.invalid>]

Re: Using International Character Sets With Spectrum Automated Mailer -
 
Several years ago, Spectrum author Ewen Wannop wrote a New Desk Accessory
entitled !Help!. That NDA is included as part of the SAM package, and
once installed and accessed from the Apple Pull Down menu, SAM's
documentation becomes instantly available from right within SAM itself.
 
While looking through SAM's Help files, I note that under "SAM Settings,"
an answer to the question about using a German (and/or other) Character
Set is provided.
 
Please spend a little time looking at SAM's documentation, as answers to
other questions posed here recently about setting up and using SAM are
also covered in that documentation.
 
To re-cap, the net is essentially 7-bit ASCII text, and e-mail is no
exception. To send fancy German characters, you would need to send 8-bit
text. In the !Help! Files, that is explained in the following section:
 
"Allow sending High ASCII
 
The Internet is normally a 7-bit environment, and High ASCII
characters should not be used in messages. These are the 'curly'
quotes and other symbols that are not included in the first 128
characters of the ASCII character set. These High ASCII characters do
not necessarily display the same on a PC as they do on a IIgs or
Macintosh.
 
SAM defaults to sending 7-bit Low ASCII only, but by checking this
box, you can allow High ASCII in messages to be sent. Depending on
the sending and receiving mail servers, and the receiving mail
program at the other end, these characters may manage to get through.
Experiment and see what happens!"
 
So to use German characters, you would need to have a German keyboard
for your IIgs, set the General Control Panel to a German keyboard, and
Translation to Standard. Alternatively, you can generate the
characters using Option-Key strokes. Then to send those, you need to
check 'Allow sending of High ASCII'. But whether that then makes
sense at the other end, will depend if the receiving computer is a PC
or IIgs/Mac, and whether the receiving mail program strips the high
bits or not. PCs use a different high character set than the IIgs/Mac
machines...
 
Joe Kohn
Shareware Solutions II
http://users.foxvalley.net/~joko



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