OS/2 tricks: How to set up DBCS environment on SBCS OS/2 #1 Configuration
The first step to enable DBCS environment is to configure your system. 1. CODEPAGE statement OS/2 is a system based on a code page. You can specify two code pages. For example, you can see the line like following in config.sys CODEPAGE=850,437 First is a primary code page, which is used by processes by default. Second is a secondary code page, which is an auxiliary code page used by some processes on demand. To enable DBCS environment, you should add a DBCS code page which you want to use to CODEPAGE as a primary or a secondary. For example, CODEPAGE=850,949 949 is a Korean code page. Like this, adding a DBCS code page as a secondary code page is most safe. Because if a DBCS code page is used as a primary code page, 1. You will see an error like this on every boot. SYS1729: The code page 949 is not acceptable for the display. Press Enter to continue... 2. Some programs may conflict with DBCS code pages. For example, some resources of eWP is corrupted like th...