Computer Russification
In computing, Russification involves the localization of computers and software, allowing the user interface of a computer and its software to communicate in the Russian language using Cyrillic script.
Problems associated with Russification before the advent of Unicode included the absence of a single character-encoding standard for Cyrillic (see Cyrillic script).
History of the MS-DOS Russification
The first official Russification of MS-DOS was carried out for MS-DOS 4.01 in 1989/1990, released on 9 April 1990. In Microsoft, the Russification project manager and one of its main developers was Nikolai Lyubovny (Николай Любовный).[1][2] A Russian version of MS-DOS 5.0 was also developed in 1991,[1] released on 9 August 1991. Based on an initiative of Microsoft Germany in March 1991, derivates of the Russian MS-DOS 5.0 drivers used for keyboard, display and printer localization support (DISPLAY.SYS, EGS.CPI , EGA2.CPI, KEYB.COM, KEYBOARD.SYS, MSPRINT.SYS, COUNTRY.SYS, ALPHA.EXE) could also be purchased separately (with English messages) as part of Microsoft's AlphabetPlus kit. This enabled English issues of MS-DOS 3.3, 4.01 and 5.0 to be set up for Eastern European countries like Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Romania and Bulgaria.[1]
Russification of Microsoft Windows
A comprehensive instruction set for computer Russification is maintained by Paul Gorodyansky.[3] It is mirrored in many places and recommended by the U.S. Library of Congress.[4]
See also
- Cyrillization
- GOST 10859
- Romanization of Russian
- АДОС, unrelated to Russian MS-DOS
- PTS-DOS
- Mojibake
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "DOS, Works, Windows… Далее везде… 15-летию Russian MS-DOS 4.01 посвящается" (in ru). http://rdos401.org/.
- ↑ "Интервью с Юрием Стариковым — первым советским программистом в Microsoft" (in ru). 2007-09-17. http://www.developers.org.ua/archives/koldovsky/2007/09/17/yuriy-starikov-interview/.
- ↑ "Russian keyboard etc. - Cyrillic (Russian): instructions for Windows and Internet - Русская клавиатура и т.п. - Инструкции: русский под нерусской Windows и в Интернете" (in en, ru). 2010. http://winrus.com/index_en.htm.
- ↑ "Tips on viewing Cyrillic text". European Reading Room. The Library of Congress. 2010-09-21. https://www.loc.gov/rr/european/russify.html.
External links
- Modern Online (Virtual) Keyboard for Russian (not just alphabet order)
- Online Keyboard for Russian
- Virtual Russian Online Keyboard with Spellcheck
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