Most Hewlett-Packard peripherals are designed for 8-bit operation.
Most peripherals that have been configured for 7-bit operation
can be reconfigured for 8-bit operation. (Refer to the System Startup, Configuration, and Shutdown Reference Manual (32650-90042) for
procedures.) Limitations and notes are listed for each peripheral.
All NLS features are available to users with 7-bit USASCII
terminals and printers, provided that the data used contains
only USASCII characters. For example, a user in the United
States can use American (the Hewlett-Packard name for American
English) for sorting, date formatting, and message handling.
This is possible because USASCII is a subset of ROMAN8.
NLS has no direct control over the peripherals configured on a system.
It is the user's responsibility to configure peripherals that support
the character set(s) necessary for the desired languages.
Peripherals configured for any of the 7-bit substitution sets
are not supported by NLS.
