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    Question Strange Characters

    Borland version 4.52 won't output the special ascii characters... what should I do?

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    Might be an operating system problem

    If you're running in a DOS window, this might be an operating system limitation. (???) Try executing under pure DOS if you have been running in a window. Windows seems to do some strange things. (I think the Borland compiler can make a DOS program. I use MSVC++ and it can't!)

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    Re: Might be an operating system problem

    Originally posted by DougDbug
    If you're running in a DOS window, this might be an operating system limitation. (???) Try executing under pure DOS if you have been running in a window. Windows seems to do some strange things. (I think the Borland compiler can make a DOS program. I use MSVC++ and it can't!)
    It's a limitation of the font you're seeing.

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    Question font

    can I change the font?

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    Yes, also, if you are running the win9x [or even ME] shell of DOS, run it full-screen and you should be fine. Press Alt-Enter...
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