NCSA
Telnet
Better
Telnet
Eudora
Outlook
Express
Claris
Emailer
Safari
Netscape
Navigator
Internet
Explorer
Cyberdog
MacWeb
Mosaic
AOL
Turbo-
Gopher
News-
Watcher
Nuntius
Inter-
News
Fetch
ZTerm
Kermit
This step will help you configure the Internet client applications you have (or will obtain). I will list compatible applications and will provide instructions on how to make them work with Cyrillic text. Some applications work with KOI8 fonts directly, while others utilize Apple Standard Cyrillic fonts and convert to and from KOI8 internally - read the instructions in this Step for each individual application.
It is important to keep in mind that there are few applications out there which are able to handle Cyrillic text in the manner which I recommend here. Therefore, do not assume that any program will magically display Russian letters once you choose a Cyrillic font. Several applications are released with the same names for different platforms, such as NCSA Mosaic, which is available for UNIX, MS-DOS, and the Mac. If, for example, a UNIX version is able to support Russification, do not automatically assume that the Mac version will do the same. In fact, chances are it won't. Read an appropriate application section to find out which applications are Cyrillic-compatible.
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| Terminal | WWW | Gopher | USENET | FTP | Terminal | |||||||||||||
NCSA Telnet |
Better Telnet |
Eudora |
Outlook Express |
Claris Emailer |
Safari |
Netscape Navigator |
Internet Explorer |
Cyberdog |
MacWeb |
Mosaic |
AOL |
Turbo- Gopher |
News- Watcher |
Nuntius |
Inter- News |
Fetch |
ZTerm |
Kermit |
A word about connection methods. If you're connected to the Internet by AppleTalk, Ethernet, etc., or using ARA or PPP/SLIP connections, you must be running MacTCP (a control panel; the most current version is 2.0.6, not available from Apple directly; MacTCP is bundled with System 7.5). In the table above, applications under the heading "MacTCP, TCP/IP" are for you. If you are limited to a dial-up connection only, "Dial-up" applications will have to be your choice.
NCSA Telnet BetterTelnet
Eudora
~/Documents/Eudora Folder/ 11/14/02
Microsoft Outlook Express
It also appears that the messages are encoded using "Quoted-printable" method, and I wasn't able to find a way to disable it (unlike Eudora, where it's easily disabled). That means that your message should be readable just fine on contemporary e-mail software. However, users of old-style UNIxadn VMS accounts with tools such as Pine will be out of luck with your messages.
Claris
Emailer
Safari
Netscape
NavigatorGo to version 1 or 2 or 3 or 4...
Configuring version 3.0b2 and higher.
This newest version has Cyrillic support built-in!
Note:
Final Netscape Navigator 3.0 is out and the KOI8-R support is NOT there.
There's still support for Apple Standard Cyrillic and Windows
encodings. 8/17/96
Two patches became available to augment Netscape's 3.0 lost capability to process KOI8 text:
To display Russian or any other Cyrillic text you will need Apple Standard Cyrillic fonts. Make sure to get them first. Note: Unlike previous releases, you do not need KOI8 fonts.
The preferences settings should not require any changes, but if you're curious or if something is not working properly, check the following:
To read a page where Russian text is supposed to be, go under Options->Document Encoding and select the appropriate Cyrillic encoding. Majority of the sites with Russian text use KOI8, but Mac (Apple Standard Cyrillic), Windows (CP1251) and other choices Netscape has available might also be very useful.
Configuring version 4.0b5, 4.01 and higher.
Note: The new Netscape Navigator 4.01 (part of Communicator suite) sports full built-in Cyrillic support, including (thank you, Netscape!) KOI8-R.
I like to think that this recent return of built-in KOI8-R support is due, at least in part, to my humble efforts.
Here's a question I posed to people at Netscape: Why have 2 settings for Cyrillic fonts in Netscape Navigator - Cyrillic(KOI8-R) and Cyrillic(Mac)? This is where the problem is - the Cyrillic(Mac) works with Apple Standard Cyrillic fonts and also allows to view CP1251 and ISO-8859-5 pages by using built-in transliteration tables, while Cyrillic(KOI8-R) requires KOI8 fonts for KOI8 pages. So why not include the KOI8 transliteration table into the Cyrillic(Mac) "realm" of encodings and make everything simple and easy to use with only Apple Standard Cyrillic fonts?It appears that my prayers have been answered.
To display Russian or any other Cyrillic text you will need only Apple Standard Cyrillic fonts. Make sure to get them first.
To read a page where Russian text is supposed to be, go under View->Encoding and select the Cyrillic encoding which is appropriate to the page you're reading (usually you will be told which encoding the page is using). Majority of the sites with Russian text use KOI8, so when in doubt, try it first. Other options your Navigator supports are ISO-8859-5, Mac (Apple Standard Cyrillic) and Win1251 (CP1251).
Some websites, especially those designed for Windows, specify a particular typeface for their text. Macs, unfortunately, don't usually have such fonts installed, which makes them unable to display the text properly. You need to go into Preferences, Appearance/Fonts panel and, as illustrated, in lower right corner choose "Use my fonts..." which lets you override the fonts selected by the website authors and use your own - the pages will become readable at that point. It's not a bad idea to change that preference back after you're done with a Russian site so that you still take advantage of websites designed with specific fonts but with a Mac in mind.
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NOTE: If you need to display a page in an encoding which is not supported, you can use "User-Defined" and specify fonts appropriate for your particular encoding for transparent 8-bit "treatment" of text. For example, CP866 (MS-DOS Cyrillic or Alternative) encoding is not supported, but you can use ER series CP866 fonts for User-Defined encoding to see a page in CP866.
A patch by Andreas Prilop is available for Netscape 4 to enhance its handling of other Cyrillic as well as Baltic languages, but is not necessary for Russian.
Configuring version 4.0b3 and lower - just in case you can't get your hands on the most recent release.PR1, PR2, and PR3 unfortunately suffer from the same KOI8 support omission as the previous releases... 2/22/97
To display Russian or any other Cyrillic text you will need Apple Standard Cyrillic as well as KOI8 fonts. Make sure to get them first.
The preferences settings should not require major changes if you had previous versions of Netscape installed.
- Open Edit->Preferences... dialog box.
- In "Category:" field, expand the "Appearance" by clicking on the triangle to the left and click on "Fonts" item.
- In the area "Fonts" field, " use the "For the Encoding:" pop-up menu to select "Cyrillic (Mac)"
- Select Apple Standard Cyrillic fonts in both "Variable Width Font" and "Fixed Width Font" pop-up menus.
- Now, select "Cyrillic (KOI8-R)" under the "For the Encoding:" pop-up menu.
- Select KOI8 fonts in both "Variable Width Font" and "Fixed Width Font" pop-up menus.
- Click "OK" to close the dialog box.
CyberdogNote: Cyberdog is a complete collection of Internet clients, including e-mail, gopher, FTP, telnet, news and so on. The instructions below are based solely on testing the Web browser. Feel free to explore other possibilities!
Internet Explorer
MacWeb NCSA Mosaic
America Online
TurboGopher Yet Another NewsWatcher
Nuntius InterNews Fetch
An Internet connection that allows only terminal emulation is discussed here. That means that you have an account on a remote host computer and use your Macintosh communication program to connect to that computer via modem. The trick with getting Russian KOI8 text to display properly involves finding a program that is 1) able to change terminal fonts and 2) is able to send/receive 8-bit characters without any translation or stripping of the 8th bit. There are very few shareware and/or freeware communication applications that fit those criteria. The problem is further complicated if you wish to be able to write in Russian. That requires running a special program on your host computer (UNIX, VAX/VMS, etc.) along with what was listed above. Currently, it doesn't seem possible to accomplish this due to the absence of programs of this type.
ZTerm Kermit
