Subject: Chinese Microsoft Windows 3.0

From: [email-masked] (Wei-Lun Li)
Date: 6 Jul 1992 05:52:01 GMT

Anybody here use BIG-5 code?  Anybody use Microsoft Windows?
There are two Chinese Windows available and both of them are
better and easier than any Chinese systems discussed here.

The first version is done by III (Information Industrial Institute?).
It requires English version of Windows to install.  You can use mouse
to input Chinese characters very easily.

The second version is done by Microsoft Taipei.  This version is
integrated into the original Windows so you don't need to buy the
English version of Windows.  Currently Microsoft is giving it
away as CD-ROM form to the developers of Windows Programs.  Please
see comp.os.ms-windows.announce.  It is part of the Microsoft
Windows Far East Editions Development Kit and Chinese Edition
SDK Extension.

Both of these two versions come with several scalable Chinese fonts.
You can print them out nicely using popular dot-matrix and laser
printers.  You can mix Chinese text with graphics (by using Windows'
apps) and you can e-mail them or fax them if you got a modem or
faxmodem.

Both versions have been retailed for more than one year.  The Chinese
Characters are in complex form because both of them are developed in
Taiwan.  However, simplified characters versions are in development.

They are commercial products.  The price in Taiwan is about U.S.$120
to $180.  I am neither a retailer nor related to any of the companies,
so don't send your request to me.  If you are interest in these
product, you can (1) call Microsoft or (2) ask a friend in Taiwan to
buy it for you or (3) read U.S. versions of Chinese Newspapers to
find who are the retailers. (in advertisement section)

-- Wei-Lun Li