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1 FAQ for Viet-Std & TriChlor Software
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2 ====================================
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4 Last modified date: June 3, 1993
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6 This is the list of Frequently Asked Questions on Viet-Std and TriChlor
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7 Software, which will cover the VIQR/VISCII standards and public-domain
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8 Vietnamese software.
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9
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10 TABLE OF CONTENTS
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11 -----------------
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12
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13 [A0] Viet-Std
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14 A1. What is Viet-Std?
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15 A2. VIQR
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16 A3. VISCII
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17 A4. UNICODE
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18 A5. Where to get the specifications?
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19 A6. VIQR/VISCII for software developers
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20 A7. Contact points
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21 A6.1 Postal address
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22 A6.2 Email: viet-std@haydn.stanford.edu
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23 [B0] TriChlor
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24 B1. What is TriChlor?
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25 B2. What software available?
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26 B3. Contact Points
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27 B3.1 Postal Address
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28 B3.2 Email
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29 B3.3 trichlor-talk@haydn.stanford.edu
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30 B4. Can you help?
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31
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32 [C0] Where/How to get software
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33 C1. Via modem download
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34 C2. Via FTP
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35 C3. Via Email
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36 C4. Via Postal Mail
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37
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38 [D0] Microsoft Windows 3.1
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39 D1. Basic Package WINVNKEY
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40 D1.1 What is WinVNKey
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41 D1.2 How to Install
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42 D1.3 Change Configuration
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43 D1.4 Hardware/Software notes: Compatibility
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44 D1.5 WordPerfect
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45 D1.6 Word
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46 D1.7 AmiPro
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47 D1.8 Apple Laser Writer
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48 D2. More Fonts
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49 D3 Other Packages
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50 D3.1 VietVU
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51 D3.2 ThiTa^.p
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52 [E0] DOS
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53 E1. Basic Package VietDOS
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54 E1.1 What is VietDOS
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55 E1.2 How to Install
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56 E1.3 Change Configuration
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57 E1.4 Hardware/software notes
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58 E1.5 WordPerfect
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59 E1.6 WordStar
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60 [F0] Unix
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61 F1. Base VietTerm
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62 F2. etc...
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63 [G0] Tex/Latex
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64 [F0] Other software
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65 [F1] Is there any similar software for:
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66 - Macintosh/Apple ?
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69 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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70 [A0] Viet-Std
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71 ********
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72 A1. What is Viet-Std?
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73 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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74 Viet-Std is the short name for the Vietnamese Standardization Group, which
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75 unites Vietnamese professionals worldwide from many fields to promote the
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76 standardization of Vietnamese character encoding and to monitor ongoing
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77 work of international bodies in this regard. The Viet-Std group has
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78 proposed an 8-bit Vietnamese code table known as Vietnamese Standard Code
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79 for Information Interchange (VISCII) that allows Vietnamese characters
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80 to integrate into existing computing environments on many platforms.
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81 The group also defined a Vietnamese Quoted Readable (VIQR) convention that
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82 allows use of Vietnamese characters in 7-bit environments.
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83 In addition, the group has contacted the two committees on multilingual
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84 character encoding---the Unicode Consortium and the International
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85 Standardizations Organization (ISO)---to ensure that all the Vietnamese
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86 characters be encoded in a precomposed form in the same manner as other
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87 Latin-based European languages.
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88
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91 A2. VIQR
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92 ~~~~
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93 VIQR stands for Vietnamese Quoted Readable, which is a convention to
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94 write Vietnamese using 7-bit ASCII only. Vietnamese text written in
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95 this convention is so easy to read that their use is very popular in
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96 7-bit environments. The convention was initiated by the Vietnamese
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97 community using Internet e-mail and Usenet News in 1987. The Vietnamese
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98 Standardization Group later adopted and formalized the technique, and
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99 the rest is history. VIQR has been used by thousands of Vietnet members
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100 worldwide.
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102 Following is the VIQR mnemonics for composing Vietnamese using ASCII
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103 graphic characters only.
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104
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105 VIQR Mnemonics for Vietnamese Diacritics. (*)
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106 *=====================================================*
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107 | Diacritic | Char | ASCII Code | D<a^'>u |
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109 | breve | ( | 0x28, left paren | tr<a(>ng |
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110 | circumflex | ^ | 0x5E, caret | m<u~> |
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111 | horn | + | 0x2B, plus sign | m<o'>c |
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112 |-------------+------+--------------------+-----------|
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113 | acute | ' | 0x27, apostrophe | s<a('>c |
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114 | grave | ` | 0x60, backquote | huy<e^`>n |
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115 | hook above | ? | 0x3F, question | h<o?>i |
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116 | tilde | ~ | 0x7E, tilde | ng<a~> |
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117 | dot below | . | 0x2E, period | n<a(.>ng |
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118 |-------------+------+--------------------+-----------|
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119 | d bar | dd | (repeated d) | <dd> |
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120 | D bar | DD | (repeated D) | <DD> |
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121 *=====================================================*
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122
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123 Example:
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124 Tra(m na(m trong co~i ngu+o+`i ta,
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125 Chu+~ ta`i chu+~ me^.nh khe'o la` ghe't nhau\.
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126 Tra?i qua mo^.t cuo^.c be^? da^u,
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127 Nhu+~ng ddie^`u tro^ng tha^'y ma` ddau ddo+'n lo`ng.
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128
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129 To avoid a diacritical symbol combining with the preceding vowel,
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130 one has to insert a backslash in between as in the last word on
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131 the second line.
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132
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133 A3. VISCII
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134 ~~~~~~
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135 VISCII stands for Vietnamese Standard Code for Information Interchange,
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136 an 8-bit encoding of Vietnamese characters designed by the Vietnamese
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137 Standardization Group. VISCII encodes all Vietnamese characters in a
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138 precomposed form, thus allowing VSCII-compliant software to integrate
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139 into existing computing environments. This feat has been achieved by
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140 preserving all the 96 ASCII graphic characters and distributing the
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141 remaining 134 Vietnamese-specific characters wisely in the upper half
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142 region of ASCII (128 characters) and in the control character region
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143 (6 characters). To minimize conflicts with operating systems or
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144 communication software, only the least-often used six upper case
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145 Vietnamese characters are put in the slots of the least-often used
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146 six control characters.
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147
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148 Following is the VISCII table expressed in the VIQR convention.
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149
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150 VISCII 8-bit Encoding Table. (*)
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151 *======================================================================*
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152 | | 0x 1x 2x 3x 4x 5x 6x 7x | 8x 9x Ax Bx Cx Dx Ex Fx |
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153 |===|==================================================================|
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154 | 0 | nul dle sp 0 @ P ` p | A. O^` O~ o^` A` DD a` dd |
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155 | 1 | soh dc1 ! 1 A Q a q | A(' O^? a(' o^? A' u+' a' u+. |
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156 | 2 | A(? dc2 " 2 B R b r | A(` O^~ a(` o^~ A^ O` a^ o` |
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157 | 3 | etx dc3 # 3 C S c s | A(. O^. a(. O+~ A~ O' a~ o' |
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158 | 4 | eot Y? $ 4 D T d t | A^' O+. a^' O+ A? O^ a? o^ |
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159 | 5 | A(~ nak % 5 E U e u | A^` O+' a^` o^. A( a. a( o~ |
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160 | 6 | A^~ syn & 6 F V f v | A^? O+` a^? o+` a(? y? u+~ o? |
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161 | 7 | bel etb ' 7 G W g w | A^. O+? a^. o+? a(~ u+` a^~ o. |
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162 | 8 | bs can ( 8 H X h x | E~ I. e~ i. E` u+? e` u. |
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163 | 9 | ht Y~ ) 9 I Y i y | E. O? e. U+. E' U` e' u` |
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164 | A | lf sub * : J Z j z | E^' O. e^' U+' E^ U' e^ u' |
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165 | B | vt esc + ; K [ k { | E^` I? e^` U+` E? y~ e? u~ |
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166 | C | ff fs , < L \ l | | E^? U? e^? U+? I` y. i` u? |
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167 | D | cr gs - = M ] m } | E^~ U~ e^~ o+ I' Y' i' y' |
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168 | E | so Y. . > N ^ n ~ | E^. U. e^. o+' I~ o+~ i~ o+. |
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169 | F | si us / ? O _ o DEL| O^' Y` o^' U+ y` u+ i? U+~ |
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170 *=======================================================================*
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171
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172 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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173 (*) Excerpt from RFC-DRAFT of Vietnamese Standardization Group, Conventions
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174 for encoding the Vietnamese Language, prepared by Randal Atkinson and
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175 Viet-Std, 1993.
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176
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177 A4. UNICODE
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178 ~~~~~~~
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179 <???>
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180
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181 A5. Where to get the spec
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182 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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183 One can acquire the Viet-Std specifications via ftp, email, or postal mail.
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185 ftp: All VISCII archives carry the spec for viet-std, check below
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186 for VISCII ftp sites worldwide.
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187 email: Mail your request to viet-std@haydn.stanford.edu or contact
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188 the Viet-Std group directly via postal address (below) or fax.
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189
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190 A6. VIQR/VISCII for software developers
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191 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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192 Software developers are encouraged to use the Viet-Std specifications.
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193 Most Vietnamese software houses have voiced their support for
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194 VISCII in their products. There is no fee of any kind
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195 levied on the software that uses the VIQR/VISCII standards.
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196
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197 A7. Contact points
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198 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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199 A7.1 Postal address
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200 Viet-Std, 1212 Somerset Dr., San Jose, CA 95312, USA
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201 Fax: (408) 246-9532
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202 A7.2 Email
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203 viet-std@haydn.stanford.edu
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204 Most of questions and inquiries are quickly handled by a group of
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205 people in Viet-Std and/or others on the net.
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206
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207 [B0] TriChlor
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208 ********
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209 B1. What is TriChlor
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210 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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211 TriChlor is a non-profit software group that was founded by Cuong Tan Nguyen,
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212 Cuong Minh Bui, and Tin Le in 1991 to independently explore and implement any
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213 encoding scheme for Vietnamese to gain real experience with the pros and cons
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214 in each scheme. Since then it has been joined by Vietnamese software
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215 developers worldwide to develop public-domain VISCII-compliant software
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216 for use on Unix, X-Windows, DOS, MS Windows 3.1, etc. As of this writing
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217 it has completed work on DOS, MS Windows 3.1, X-Windows, and various Unix
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218 flavors. By distributing VISCII-compliant software of high quality
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219 to the public for FREE of charge, the TriChlor group hopes that
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220 VISCII/VIQR will ultimately be accepted as the de-facto standards.
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221
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222 The TriChlor group welcomes donations of any amount from users to support
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223 ongoing developments.
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224
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225 B2. What software is available?
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226 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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227 MS-DOS: Software to Vietnamize all DOS applications, eg: Dbase, Foxpro,
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228 MS-Word, Dos Edit, Lotus 123, etc.; Hypertext databases of Vietnamese
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229 songs and poems; True Vietnamese word processor & text editor; print
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230 utilities for dot-matrix and laser to print Vietnamese.
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231
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232 WINDOWS 3.1: Vietnamese keyboards to type/display/print Vietnamese in 99%
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233 of all Window 3.1 software e.g.: Pagemaker, Ventura, Coreldraw, Photoshop,
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234 MS Word, Quattro Pro, Foxpro, etc.; multimedia database of Vietnamese
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235 poems; Vietnamese theme cliparts; Vietnamese VISCII Truetype fonts.
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236
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237 Unix & X-WINDOWS: Vietnamese keyboard shell; email & news in true Vietnamese;
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238 Vietnamese library and fonts for software developers; VISCII locale for
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239 Sun OS 4.1.x, AIX; tex/latex & nroff/troff.
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240
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241 MAC: Currently under development, tentative release date: Summer 93
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242
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243 B3. Contact Points
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244 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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245 B3.1 Postal Address
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246 TriChlor, 3388 Burgundy Dr, San Jose CA 95132, USA
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247 Fax: (408) 246-9532
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248 B3.2 Email
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249 trichlor@haydn.stanford.edu
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250
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251 B3.3 trichlor-talk@haydn.stanford.edu
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252 TriChlor Group maintains a mailing list (trichlor-talk@haydn.stanford.edu)
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253 for announcements, questions and inquiries on TriChlor Group's software.
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254 This is the fastest way to gain support for WINVNKEY, VietVu and other
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255 software. To join the mailing list, please mail to
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256 trichlor-talk-request@haydn.stanford.edu
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257 with 'SIGN-ON' on the "Subject:" line.
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258
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259 B4. Can you help?
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260 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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261 Are you a software developer? All software developers are welcome to
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262 participate in development of Vietnamese applications of any kind.
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263 Contributions to the Vietnamese FREE Software Archive are greatly
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264 appreciated. Currently many special interest groups are working
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265 fervently on different aspects of the Future of Vietnamese Computing.
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266 For users, please help use and distribute software freely to your
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267 friends, colleagues, or community.
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268
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269 [C0] Where/How to get software?
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270 *************************
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271 C1. Via modem download
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272 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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273 Modem (VietNet BBSes)
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274 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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275 1-213-734-8528 Los Angeles & Southern California, USA
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276 1-408-730-1092 Bay Area & Northern California, USA
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277
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278 C2. Via FTP
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279 ~~~~~~~
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280 All the ftp sites that carry VIQR/VISCII specifications also have the
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281 software from the TriChlor Group. The number of sites is growing rapidly.
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282 The list of new sites is announced in the VNSoftware INFORMATION FILE, which
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283 is posted regularly on Vietnet by hho@chaph.usc.edu (Ho^` Phu+o+'c Hu`ng).
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284
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285 Anonymous FTP Directory
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286 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~
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287 (Username: anonymous, Password: your e-mail address.
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288 Please FTP from the site closest to you.)
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289
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290 Sony Corporation, CA, USA /tin/VN
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291 sonygate.sony.com (192.65.137.2) (Main VietNet archive,
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292 with other TriChlor VISCII software for Unix and X-Windows)
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293 (unfortunately, this site may be unavailable in the near future)
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294 SIMTEL20, NM, USA pd1:<msdos.viscii>
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295 wsmr-simtel20.army.mil (192.88.110.20)
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296 Oakland Univ., MI, USA /pub/msdos/viscii
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297 oak.oakland.edu (141.210.10.117)
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298 Washington Univ., MO, USA /mirrors/msdos/viscii
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299 wuarchive.wustl.edu (128.252.135.4)
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300 North Carolina State U., NC, USA /mirrors/wustl/mirrors/msdos/
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301 compute1.cc.ncsu.edu (152.1.10.46) viscii
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302 UUNet Communication Service, VA, USA /systems/ibmpc/msdos/simtel20/
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303 ftp.uu.net (137.39.1.9) viscii
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304 Halcyon Organization, WA, USA /wuarchive/mirrros/msdos/viscii
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305 halcyon.com (192.135.191.2)
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306 AARNet, Melbourne, Australia /micros/pc/oak/viscii
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307 archie.au (139.130.4.5)
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308 Monash Univ., Melbourne, Australia /pub/vietnam
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309 monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (130.194.1.106)
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310 Austria /pc/dos/viscii
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311 swdsrv.edvz.univie.ac.at (131.130.1.4)
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312 Imperial College, London, UK /computing/systems/ibmpc/SIMTEL20/
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313 src.doc.ic.ac.uk, (146.169.2.1) viscii
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314 Finland /pub/msdos/SIMTEL20-mirror/viscii
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315 nic.funet.fi (128.214.6.100)
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316 Germany /pub/msdos/simtel/viscii
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317 sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de (129.206.100.126)
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318 Japan /mirrors/simtel20.msdos/viscii
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319 isfs.kuis.kyoto-u.ac.jp (130.54.20.1)
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320 Switzerland /mirror/msdos/viscii
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321 nic.switch.ch, (130.59.1.40)
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322 Taiwan /SIMTEL20/msdos/viscii
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323 nctuccca.edu.tw, (140.111.3.21)
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324 C3. Via Email
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325 ~~~~~~~~~
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326 Electronic Mail (uuencoded)
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327 Use FTPMAIL server at DEC (ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com) to access all
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328 archives above (send FTP commands in an e-mail message to this
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329 address), or use the mailserver at saigon.com (send e-mail to
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330 mailserv@saigon.com, with a command HELP in the body for info).
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331
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332 C4. Via Postal Mail
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333 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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334 Please send $5 to cover postage and disks to Cu+o+`ng Nguye^~n at
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335 3388 Burgundy Dr., San Jose, CA 95132, USA. All DOS & Windows software
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336 will be mailed out on 2 high density 3.5" diskettes.
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337
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338 [D0] Microsoft Window 3.1
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339 ********************
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340 D1. Basic Package WINVNKEY
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341 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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342 D1.1 What is WinVNKey?
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343 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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344 WinVNKey is a software utility running under MS Windows 3.1.
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345 Vietnamese characters can be typed in from an ASCII keyboard,
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346 displayed, and printed on any monitor and printer supported by
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347 Microsoft Corporation. The default style of typing Vietnamese is
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348 based on the VIQR convention. However, WinVNKey allows the user
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349 to customize the style.
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350
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351 D1.2 How to Install
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352 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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353 D1.3 Change Configuration
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354 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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355 D1.4 Hardware/software notes: Compability
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356 The following software have been tested and verified to be compatible with
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357 VISCII software:
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358
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359 D1.5 WordPerfect
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360 D1.6 Word
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361 D1.7 AmiPro
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362 D1.8 Apple Laser Writer
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363 Q: I've install WinVNKey on a 386/486 SVGA/S3/ATI Ultra system connected to
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364 an Apple Laser Writer. The problem is that the Viet fonts are not
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365 displayed correctly in any of the word processors, e.g., Write,
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366 Word for Windows 2.0 or Amipro 2.0 & 3.0.
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367
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368 A: Check your printer setup. Click on the "Control Panel", click on "Printers"
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369 icon, Select "Options", Select "Advanced Options". Make sure the option
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370 "Use Printers Fonts for all True Type Fonts" is *NOT* checked. If you
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371 have to *UNCHECK* the option, click "OK" to save it, otherwise click
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372 "CANCEL".
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373
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374 D2. More Fonts
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375 ~~~~~~~~~~
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376 A set of fonts is included with the WinVNKey package. Additional fonts are
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377 available separately in the archive as pdfon1tt.zip, and pdfon2tt.zip, etc.
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378 Please check any VISCII archives or Vietnet BBSes for newly released fonts.
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379
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380 D3. Other Packages
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381 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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382 D3.1 VietVU
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383 It allows any commercial MS Windows software on the market to type,
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384 display, print Vietnamese. It is very much like WinVNKey, but has a
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385 Vietnamese Clipboard.
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386
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387 D3.2 ThiTa^.p
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388 These are collections of poems by Vietnamese poets Quang Dung
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389 and Nguyen Binh, implemented in a Windows 3.1 menu system.
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390
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391 [E0] PC/MS-DOS
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392 *********
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393 E1. Basic Package VietDOS
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394 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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395 E1.1 What is VietDOS?
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396 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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397 This program allows the user to use most existing DOS applications
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398 (for example, WordPerfect, MS-Word, Dbase, Foxpro, Turbo C, etc) in Vietnamese.
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399 In addition, file and directory names can also be in Vietnamese. EGA or VGA
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400 monitor only.
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401
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402 E1.2 How to Install
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403
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404 E1.3 Change Configuration
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405
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406 E1.4 Hardware/software notes
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407
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408 E1.5 WordPerfect
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409
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410 E1.6 WordStar
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411
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412 [F0] Unix
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413 ****
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414 F1 Base VietTerm
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417 [G0] Tex/Latex
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419 [F0] Other software
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420 [F1] Is there any similar software for:
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421 - Macintosh/Apple ?
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