Symantec Q&A/DOS, and non-ASCII chars

Mandu · #1 (**permalink**) 09-09-04, 00:16

I've been asked to convert a Q&A database to a Mac platform. This is probably a general DOS question, but the file contains text with bytes >127 in what are obviously foreign-language words and names. I need to translate these to the Mac equivalents. Anybody know of any tables showing such a mapping? Or, at least, a table showing byte values from 128-255 and how DOS displays them?

cntrytwist · #2 (**permalink**) 11-24-04, 10:54

I was wondering if you got your question answered? I would like to ask you how you are actually getting the conversion to happen for mac? I'm a Filemaker developer, and have been asked to convert to FMPro database. I'm unable to read any of the data at this point. Any pointers?
Thanks
Kent

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Originally Posted by Mandu

I've been asked to convert a Q&A database to a Mac platform. This is probably a general DOS question, but the file contains text with bytes >127 in what are obviously foreign-language words and names. I need to translate these to the Mac equivalents. Anybody know of any tables showing such a mapping? Or, at least, a table showing byte values from 128-255 and how DOS displays them?

EFrankel · #3 (**permalink**) 01-04-12, 12:39

Just in case anyone else needs this, Q&A used a proprietary ASCII table for extended ASCII characters. Here is the table:

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  0                         43     +         86     V
  1                        44     ,         87     W
  2                        45     -         88     X
  3                        46     .         89     Y
  4                        47     /         90     Z
  5                        48     0         91     [
  6                        49     1         92     \
  7     - BELL-             50     2         93     ]
  8     - BS -              51     3         94     ^
  9     - H TAB -           52     4         95     _
 10     - L FEED -          53     5         96     `
 11     - V TAB -           54     6         97     a
 12     - FORM FEED -       55     7         98     b
 13     - CARRIAGE RETURN - 56     8         99     c
 14     - SHIFT OUT -       57     9        100     d
 15     - SHIFT IN -        58     :        101     e
 16                        59     ;        102     f
 17                        60     <        103     g
 18                        61     =        104     h
 19                        62     >        105     i
 20                        63     ?        106     j
 21                        64     @        107     k
 22                        65     A        108     l
 23                        66     B        109     m
 24                        67     C        110     n
 25                        68     D        111     o
 26     - not entered -     69     E        112     p
 27     - not entered -     70     F        113     q
 28                        71     G        114     r
 29                        72     H        115     s
 30                        73     I        116     t
 31                        74     J        117     u
 32     - blank space -     75     K        118     v
 33     !                   76     L        119     w
 34     "                   77     M        120     x
 35     #                   78     N        121     y
 36     $                   79     O        122     z
 37     %                   80     P        123     {
 38     &                   81     Q        124     |
 39     '                   82     R        125     }
 40     (                   83     S        126     ~
 41     )                   84     T        127     
 42     *                   85     U        128     €
129                       172     ¬        215     ×
130     ‚                  173     *        216     Ø
131     ƒ                  174     ®        217     Ù
132     „                  175     ¯        218     Ú
133     …                  176     °        219     Û
134     †                  177     ±        220     Ü
135     ‡                  178     ²        221     Ý
136     ˆ                  179     ³        222     Þ
137     ‰                  180     ´        223     ß
138     Š                  181     µ        224     à
139     ‹                  182     ¶        225     á
140     Œ                  183     ·        226     â
141                       184     ¸        227     ã
142     Ž                  185     ¹        228     ä
143                       186     º        229     å
144                       187     »        230     æ
145     ‘                  188     ¼        231     ç
146     ’                  189     ½        232     è
147     “                  190     ¾        233     é
148     ”                  191     ¿        234     ê
149     •                  192     À        235     ë
150     –                  193     Á        236     ì
151     —                  194     Â        237     í
152     ˜                  195     Ã        238     î
153     ™                  196     Ä        239     ï
154     š                  197     Å        240     ð
155     ›                  198     Æ        241     ñ
156     œ                  199     Ç        242     ò
157                       200     È        243     ó
158     ž                  201     É        244     ô
159     Ÿ                  202     Ê        245     õ
160     *                  203     Ë        246     ö
161     ¡                  204     Ì        247     ÷
162     ¢                  205     Í        248     ø
163     £                  206     Î        249     ù
164     ¤                  207     Ï        250     ú
165     ¥                  208     Ð        251     û
166     ¦                  209     Ñ        252     ü
167     §                  210     Ò        253     ý
168     ¨                  211     Ó        254     þ
169     ©                  212     Ô        255
170     ª                  213     Õ
171     «                  214     Ö
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