Nakayama-san noted as part of this that the Japanese data is in shift-JIS,
with a note on how to obtain English versions. ^^^^^^^^^
JIS
The following lists are brief summary of answers when I asked to
ccTLD administrative contacts at 1997 for RIDE BoF.
ccTLD : whois server port Responce Format and other info.
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.fr : whois.nic.fr 43 RIPE Format, 7bits
.is : whois.isnet.is 43 Original Format,
.jp : whois.nic.ad.jp 43 Original Format, 7bits
.kr : whois.nic.or.kr 43 RIPE Format, 8bits
.mx : whois.nic.mx 43 Original Format, 7bits
.ru : whois.ripn.net 43 RIPE Format, 7bits
.se : whois.nic-se.se 43 RIPE Format, (Changed?)
.th : whois.thnic.net 43 RIPE Format, 7bits
.za : whois.za 43 Original Format, 7bits
.ch : whois.nic.ch 43 Original Format, 8bits
.li : whois.nic.li 43 Original Format, 8bits
.gf : whois.nplus.gf 43 (This server is not available now)
.hk : whois.hknic.net.hk 43 (This server is not listed in DNS now)
.us : nii.isi.edu 43 (This server is not available now)
.pe : rwhois.rcp.net.pe 4321 InterNIC Format
.ve : rwhois.reacciun.ve 4321 InterNIC format
.am : whois.amnic.net 43 Original Format, Not Available yet.
.pk : unclear Not Available yet.
.pt : unclear Not Available yet.
.at : unclear
.gb : unclear
.lc : unclear
.tr : unclear
.ad : NO
.al : NO
.aq : NO
.bb : NO
.be : NO
.ci : NO
.cr : NO
.dk : NO
.eg : NO
.er : NO
.gh : NO
.gp : NO
.gr : NO
.gt : NO
.gu : NO
.hr : NO
.hu : NO
.ie : NO
.il : NO
.jm : NO
.kh : NO
.kz : NO
.lb : NO
.lk : NO
.lt : NO
.lv : NO
.mc : NO
.mg : NO
.mh : NO
.mk : NO
.mp : NO
.mu : NO
.mw : NO
.my : NO
.na : NO
.ng : NO
.no : NO
.pa : NO
.pg : NO
.ph : NO
.pl : NO
.sg : NO
.sk : NO
.sv : NO
.sz : NO
.to : NO
.ug : NO
.vu : NO
.ye : NO
.yu : NO
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