AX (Architecture eXtended) was a Japanese computing initiative starting in around 1986 to allow PCs to handle double-byte (DBCS) Japanese text via special hardware chips, whilst allowing compatibility with software written for foreign IBM PCs. == History == The idea was conceived by Kazuhiko Nishi before he resigned his position as vice president of Microsoft.
AX (Architecture eXtended) was a Japanese computing initiative starting in around 1986 to allow PCs to handle double-byte (DBCS) Japanese text via special hardware chips, whilst allowing compatibility with software written for foreign IBM PCs. == History == The idea was conceived by Kazuhiko Nishi before he resigned his position as vice president of Microsoft.
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