OS/2 tricks: How to set up DBCS environment on SBCS OS/2 #0 Prologue
There are two versions on OS/2 according to the locale. One is SBCS version, and the other one is DBCS version. Still OS/2 does not support unicode as a base system character set. This separation is also inherited by OEM versions such as eComStation and ArcaOS.
However, those OEMs lacks DBCS version. Although it was known that beta versions of DBCS eComstation was there, I know, GA version has not been released at all.
So if you want to use DBCS version of OS/2, then you should use old-good OS/2 up to MCP2. Even MCP2 of DBCS OS/2 does not support some countries such as Korea.
As a result, DBCS users who want to use the latest OS/2 including OEMs, should use SBCS OS/2. Then, is it possible to use DBCS features on SBCS OS/2 ? Yes, but partially.
Afterwards, let's find the ways.
However, those OEMs lacks DBCS version. Although it was known that beta versions of DBCS eComstation was there, I know, GA version has not been released at all.
So if you want to use DBCS version of OS/2, then you should use old-good OS/2 up to MCP2. Even MCP2 of DBCS OS/2 does not support some countries such as Korea.
As a result, DBCS users who want to use the latest OS/2 including OEMs, should use SBCS OS/2. Then, is it possible to use DBCS features on SBCS OS/2 ? Yes, but partially.
Afterwards, let's find the ways.
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