Codesets for x86

The default codeset on the Solaris system for x86 is ISO-8859-1. The IBM DOS 437 codeset is provided as an option in text mode. That is, if you choose to download IBM DOS 437 codeset by typing:

loadfont -c 437
pcmapkeys -f /usr/share/lib/keyboards/437/en_US

there is no support for nonstandard U.S. date, time, currency, numbers, units, and collation. There will be no support for non-English message and text presentation, and no multibyte character support. Therefore, non-Microsoft Windows users should use the IBM DOS 437 codeset only in the default C locale.

• You must be in the text mode to download the IBM codeset, not the graphics mode.

• If you are not using the standard U.S. PC keyboard, replace en_US with the keyboard map related to your keyboard.

• To download the default codeset in text mode, type:

  loadfont -c 8859 pcmapkeys -f /usr/share/lib/keyboards/8859/en_US

• See the man Pages(1): User Commands loadfont(1)and pcmapkeys(1)man pages.