Re: 5250 data stream displays secret APL symbols

Oh... which reminds me of:
http://www.think400.dk/adhoc_4.htm#eks0025
:-)

Leif
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Kahn" <[email protected]>
To: "MI Programming on the AS400 / iSeries" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 12:07 PM
Subject: Re: [MI400] 5250 data stream displays secret APL symbols


> On 11 March 2010 17:25,  <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > When I compile the following ILE RPG program and run it in my standard
> > every-day IBM iSeries Access for Windows 5250 display emulation session, I
> > see symbols like triangles, ovals, diamonds, inverted and sideways U's,
> > Greek letters alpha epsilon rho, tiny single byte combinations of the
> > letters HT, FF, CR, LF, HL, VT, plus-sign-over-minus-sign symbol,
> > infinity, the empty set, arrows, some little things that look to me like
> > picnic tables and christmas trees . . .
> 
> You've probably know this already, but if you run it on an old
> InfoWindow, assuming you've still got one, and presumably on an
> original 5250, you don't get the same effect. If you produce the
> pretty display in iSeries Access then copy / paste the screen to
> Notepad it resolves to this:
> 
>               â   ä   à   á   ã   å   ç   ñ   $   .   <   (   +   |
> 
>        &   é   ê   ë   è   í   î   ï   ì   ß   !   £   *   )   ;   ¬
> 
>        -   /   Â   Ä   À   Á   Ã   Å   Ç   Ñ   ¦   ,   %   _   >   ?
> 
>        ø   É   Ê   Ë   È   Í   Î   Ï   Ì   `   :   #   @   '   =   "
> 
>        Ø   a   b   c   d   e   f   g   h   i   «   »   ð   ý   þ   ±
> 
>        °   j   k   l   m   n   o   p   q   r   ª   º   æ   ¸   Æ   ¤
> 
>        µ   ¯   s   t   u   v   w   x   y   z   ¡   ¿   Ð   Ý   Þ   ®
> 
>        ¢   [   ¥   ·   ©   §   ¶   ¼   ½   ¾   ^   ]   ~   ¨   ´   ×
> 
>        {   A   B   C   D   E   F   G   H   I   ­   ô   ö   ò   ó   õ
> 
>        }   J   K   L   M   N   O   P   Q   R   ¹   û   ü   ù   ú   ÿ
> 
>        \   ÷   S   T   U   V   W   X   Y   Z   ²   Ô   Ö   Ò   Ó   Õ
> 
>        0   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   ³   Û   Ü   Ù   Ú   Ÿ
> 
> That is also what you get when you run the program on a genuine green
> screen except that the final Ÿ character appears blank.
> 
> -- 
> Dave...
> 
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> -- Jane Goodall.
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