While Mr.. Berry is
correct regarding the decimal equivalents of the hexadecimal values, be aware
that entering those decimal values in combination with the Alt key into most
Windows applications will produce the correct hexadecimal value only when a
leading zero is used. Thus Alt-0167 produces hexadecimal A7, but Alt-167
produces hexadecimal BA, or some other value depending on the Windows code page
in effect.
More critically for your
purposes, the characters entered this way will not look right unless which
supports the MARC-8 encoding is used or the application remaps the characters as
they are entered and displayed. The soft sign can be entered into many
Windows applications with Alt-0697, but while that produces the correct
character, it does not produce the correct MARC-8 encoding.
Gary L. Smith
Software Architect
Product
Architecture and Development
OCLC
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Mr. al-Rajab:
Not having studies the capabilities of all the Windows-based MARC systems
that are currently available, I will not attempt to advise you on which system
might meet all of your requirements, but I can tell you the decimal equivalents
of the hexadecimal values you listed. See the attached text document that
lists all 8-bit hexadecimal to decimal values. The six you were interested
in are as follows:
decimal 167 = A7 soft sign (prime)
decimal 174 =
AE alif (hamzah)
decimal 176 = B0 ayn
decimal 226
= E2 acute
decimal 229 = E5 macron
decimal 242 = F2 dot
below
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