Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "DOS/V was a Japanese computing initiative starting in 1990 to allow IBM PC compatibles with VGA cards to handle double-byte Japanese text via software alone. It was developed by IBM for its PS/55 machines (a localized version of the PS/2). Kanji fonts and other locale information were stored on the hard disk rather than on special chips as in the preceding AX architecture. As with AX, its great value for the Japanese computing industry was in allowing compatibility with foreign software."@en }
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- V comment "DOS/V was a Japanese computing initiative starting in 1990 to allow IBM PC compatibles with VGA cards to handle double-byte Japanese text via software alone. It was developed by IBM for its PS/55 machines (a localized version of the PS/2). Kanji fonts and other locale information were stored on the hard disk rather than on special chips as in the preceding AX architecture. As with AX, its great value for the Japanese computing industry was in allowing compatibility with foreign software.".