1 ish is a format to encode binary files to text file, or decode text
2 files into binary file. ish has strong error correction/detection
3 functionality using CRC and checksum.
4 This format is popular in Japanese BBS'es.
6 To non-Japanese people:
7 To produce non-Japanese text a user should use "-s7" option.
8 Other options such as "-ss" may produce Japanese text.
10 To use ish over NetNews newsgroups (such as fj.*), use "-s7" option.
11 Use of "-ss" will not give you the optimal performance.
12 "-ss" option is just for BBSes that use Shift-JIS as their native