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Re: pIqaD in PC DOS mode

On 25 Nov 97 at 8:56, Anthony.Appleyard wrote:

> I have written a small .COM file which resets some of the DOS
> high-order characters so that they appear as pIqaD. The effect only
> works for the 8*16 pixels DOS font.

I've made such a EGA/VGA softfont of pIqaD characters as well. I use 
it in the program that I use to lookup Klingon words from the word 
lists I typed in myself (and that I still need update to KGT; I just 
don't have the time!). The program is completely in Klingon.

Also, I've used that sane font I made in a small program I wrote for 
RUN Flagazine (the magazine on disk I write for:
http;//www.worldaccess.nl/~telerun, later
http://home.wxs.nl/~telerun, in Dutch only) that explained to people 
that there is such a thing as a Klingon language and tells them 
something about it and where to get further information. To get a 
catchy opening, when the program starts you'll get the first couple 
of lines of Hamlet in pIqaD, and then the program continues with 
something like "Oh, sorry. Based on your facial expression I take you 
don't know Klingon yet. [etc]". <grin>

Qapla'
peSHIr

P.S. If anyone is interested, I have that font (and routines to turn 
the font on and off, and the convert a romanized pIqaD string into 
the right characters to print it on screen in the font in pIqaD) as a 
single PowerBasic include file that you should be able to use in any 
text-mode PowerBasic program. If anyone is interested, just let me 
know.

Jarno Peschier, computer science student, Utrecht University
   mailto:[email protected]    http://jarno.home.ml.org/
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