[Javascript] Re: Charset (sort-of OFF_TOPIC for js)

[tedd]

At 6:43 PM -0400 8/14/06, John Warner wrote:
>In the 'original;' PC's IBM gave us an extended ASCII set (chars above
>127) that for years could be counted on as standard. Alas, Windows came
>along and all that went away (along with trying to make computers work
>for non-westerners). For basic ASCII codes see
>http://www.lookuptables.com/  of no real use for this discussion, but an
>interesting look back.
>
>John Warner

John et al:

Even though the term "Extended ASCII" or "High ASCII" has been widely 
distributed, it's still a misnomer -- ASCII doesn't extend ANY 
further than 7F HEX (127 DEC). There is no "Extended ASCII".

However, the range of 127 to 255 has produced some interesting 
characters depending upon which OS your using.

For example, Mac owners can still use the key combination of 
shift-option-k and produce the Apple logo, which has been allocated 
for Mac's somewhere in the 127-255 range -- I forget which specific 
number it is, but it's an illegal code point for IDNS (I know I tried 
to get it when multilingual characters were first released on 12 Apr 
2001). However, you won't (not surprisingly) find that character on a 
Windows keyboard. :-)  And, that's the point of standardization.

Cheers,

tedd

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