Hi all, Hi Bart, now I tried in /etc/dosemu/dosemu.conf and deleting /home/praxis/.dosemurc: $_term_char_set="ibm" $_external_char_set="cp437" $_internal_char_set="cp437" Norton Commander looks good, no Umlaute, instead {:.- etc. $_term_char_set="ibm" $_external_char_set="" $_internal_char_set="" the same as above $_term_char_set="ibm" $_external_char_set="cp850" $_internal_char_set="cp850" Norton Commander deranged, äöü okay, but ÄÖÜ wrong. $_term_char_set="latin" deranged $_term_char_set="latin1" deranged. I attached the dosemu.log with dosemu -D+v which had the configuration: $_term_char_set="ibm" $_external_char_set="" $_internal_char_set="" Regards Claudia