PC-667
In the land of DOS, where characters dwell,
There's a special set, a story to tell.
Mazovia encoding, unique and rare,
Polish letters it holds with utmost care.
Derived from code page 437, you see,
With modifications made, so cleverly.
Block graphic characters, it does retain,
Unlike code page 852, causing some pain.
Jan Klimowicz, a mastermind so bright,
Designed Mazovia encoding, a true delight.
For the Mazovia 1016, a Polish PC clone,
A code page optimized, to call its own.
Graphics cards with dual graphics, so grand,
Keyboards with layouts, from different lands.
Printers with Polish fonts, oh so fine,
All supported by Mazovia, a design divine.
The Polish National Bank, in '86,
Adopted Mazovia, a standard to fix.
Guiding Ipaco, to produce computers true,
With Taiwanese components, and guidance too.
Code page ambiguity, a puzzle to solve,
CP667 or CP991, which to involve?
NEC Pinwriters, supporting both with glee,
And FreeDOS, with its own CP790, you see.
Fujitsu DL6400 and DL6600, printers so neat,
Star printers too, with code page 3843 to meet.
Mazovia encoding, a tale to be told,
A character set, with Polish letters bold.
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