Здрастуйте Ozz!

 ON> ExchangeBBS' UTF matrix, which does a full CP437->UTF-8 output
 ON> for terminals it detects support UTF8.

Try this reply which contains valid utf8 characters in a language that is
supported by fts-5003.001.  I am betting it won't work.  Also CP437 lacks some
well used latin1 characters such as '├╕' that is vital in a well used tagline,
"A Møøse once bit my sister ...", or the Old English saying, "Hwilum æfter
medo menn mæst geþyrsteð."  Also I fail to see what difference the level
thingy is going to make in any application, including ExchangeBBS.  An example
of it's usage might be handy.

 ON> I spent months building it as Wikipedia's CP437 html uses invalid
 ON> UTF-8 codes to represent the high-bit DOS character set.

None of that surprises me.  Have you tried glibc's iconv?

Життя чудове,
Maurice

... Не плач за мене у мене є vi.
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