I found this page to be interesting. http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/pcomhelp/v5r9/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.pcomm.doc/reference/html/hcp_reference15.htm
It shows IBM-424 Hebrew code page. What is most interesting to me, is the that the code page appears to be a single byte character set (SBCS) and not a multi-byte character set (MBCS), but the message posted by the OP indicated that ftp thought that it was multi-byte. Hebrew doesn't seem to be in UTF-8, looking here: http://www.utf8-chartable.de/ Unicode for Hebrew looks to be here: http://www.i18nguy.com/unicode/hebrew.html and is definitely MBCS, or perhaps DBCS (double byte character set) is better. None of which explains why the OP is having a problem since the conversion would be from a single byte character set on z/OS to a multibyte character set (Unicode) on Windows. -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * john.mck...@healthmarkets.com * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN