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#Computer encoding).
History of the MS-DOS Russification
[edit ]The first official Russification of MS-DOS was carried out for MS-DOS 4.01 in 1989/1990, released on 9 April 1990 (1990年04月09日). 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 (1991年08月09日). 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
[edit ]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
[edit ]- Cyrillization
- GOST 10859
- Romanization of Russian
- АДОС, unrelated to Russian MS-DOS
- PTS-DOS
- Mojibake
References
[edit ]- ^ a b c Starikov, Yuri. "DOS, Works, Windows... Далее везде... 15-летию Russian MS-DOS 4.01 посвящается" [15 Years of Russian MS-DOS 4.01] (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2019年08月10日. Retrieved 2019年08月21日.
- ^ Starikov, Yuri (2007年09月17日). "Интервью с Юрием Стариковым — первым советским программистом в Microsoft" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2014年05月08日. Retrieved 2019年08月21日.
- ^ Gorodyansky, Paul (2010). "Russian keyboard etc. - Cyrillic (Russian): instructions for Windows and Internet - Русская клавиатура и т.п. - Инструкции: русский под нерусской Windows и в Интернете". winrus.com (in English and Russian). Archived from the original on 2018年11月11日. Retrieved 2019年08月21日.
- ^ "Tips on viewing Cyrillic text". European Reading Room. The Library of Congress. 2010年09月21日. Archived from the original on 2018年12月09日. Retrieved 2007年09月28日.
External links
[edit ]- Modern Online (Virtual) Keyboard for Russian (not just alphabet order)
- Online Keyboard for Russian
- Virtual Russian Online Keyboard with Spellcheck
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