this is link library that MIGHT handle unicode , I say might since I've only
used it in tads3/tads2 and is therefore rather uncertain about how it works
read the docs. and enjoy :-)LhA Freeware Version 2.2
Copyright © 1991-94 by Stefan Boberg.
Copyright © 1998-2000 by Jim Cooper and David Tritscher.

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    4038    1688 58.1% 07-Nov-00 13:48:56  iconv.h
    1048     635 39.4% 07-Nov-00 01:12:00  iconv_close.3
    3069    1607 47.6% 07-Nov-00 01:12:00  iconv_open.3
  636672  459297 27.8% 07-Nov-00 13:44:46  libiconv.a
    2004     997 50.2% 21-Nov-00 14:27:32  readme.amiga
    3072    1496 51.3% 07-Nov-00 01:12:00  README
     239     145 39.3% 07-Nov-00 01:12:04  THANKS
    2749    1243 54.7% 07-Nov-00 01:12:00  NEWS
   16677    5465 67.2% 07-Nov-00 01:12:04  NOTES
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[generic]                  635    1048  60.6% -lh5- c566 Nov  7  2000 iconv_close.3
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[generic]               459297  636672  72.1% -lh5- 7b18 Nov  7  2000 libiconv.a
[generic]                  997    2004  49.8% -lh5- e51e Nov 21  2000 readme.amiga
[generic]                 1496    3072  48.7% -lh5- bc30 Nov  7  2000 readme
[generic]                  145     239  60.7% -lh5- 7833 Nov  7  2000 thanks
[generic]                 1243    2749  45.2% -lh5- 0b8f Nov  7  2000 news
[generic]                 5465   16677  32.8% -lh5- 62df Nov  7  2000 notes
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