Mysterious encoding

From: Laurentiu Iancu (iancu@quickref.info)
Date: Sat Mar 17 2007 - 20:15:32 CST

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    Hello,

    I am trying to decipher a piece of text in an unusual encoding. The text is
    Cyrillic Mongolian and was received by my friend on Yahoo Groups. Its raw
    form is somewhat UTF-8-like and consists of byte pairs where the first is 84
    hex and the second is mostly in the range 70...8F and occasionally outside
    the range (40, 42, 43, 91, and maybe a few other values). Besides these
    pairs, there are some single-byte ASCII characters and a couple of NCRs
    (barred o and straight u ү and ө). Although I call this raw, I
    do not know what transcodings Yahoo might have applied to the original text.

    I tried using the latter byte of the 84-xx pairs as an offset within a range
    of Cyrillic letters from code page 1251, but did not obtain meaningful words
    (looking them up did not produce any results).

    I am pasting below a blob of hex bytes broken down at ASCII boundaries,
    followed by the full text as viewed in ISO 8859-1. Can somebody please help
    me decipher this encoding?
    Thank you,
    Laurentiu

    84 40 84 7e 84 74 84 85 84 85 84 74 84 70 84 74 20
    84 7d 84 8f 84 7e 84 74 21 0d 0a 20 20 31 39
    84 7e 84 74 20
    84 42 84 75 84 73 84 70 84 83 84 84 20
    84 85 84 85 84 7c 84 78 84 70 84 87 84 8d 84 73 84 70 84 70 20
    84 84 84 8f 84 83 84 8f 84 7e 20
    84 91 84 74 84 70 84 7e 20
    84 87 26 23 31 31 39 39 3b
    84 7c 84 8f 84 8f 84 77 20
    84 71 84 85 84 79 20
    84 70 84 7e 84 74 84 85 84 85 84 74 20
    84 71 84 80 84 7c 84 80 84 7e 20 0d 0a 20 20 31 39
    84 7e 84 74 20
    84 80 84 89 84 79 84 77 20
    84 70 84 7d 84 77 84 79 84 7c 84 73 26 23 31 31 39 39 3b
    84 7a 20 22
    84 91 84 70 84 77 20
    84 78 84 85 84 78 84 70 84 70 84 82 84 83 84 70 84 7e 84 70 84 70 20
    84 87 84 70 84 82 84 88 84 73 84 70 84 70 84 7e 2c 20
    84 91 84 7d 84 70 84 82 20
    84 87 84 85 84 85 84 89 20
    84 87 26 23 31 32 35 37 3b 26 23 31 32 35 37 3b
    84 82 26 23 31 32 35 37 3b
    84 87 20
    84 71 84 80 84 7c 2e 2e 2e 22 20
    84 87 84 8f 84 7d 84 8f 84 8f 84 7e 20
    84 84 26 23 31 32 35 37 3b
    84 83 26 23 31 32 35 37 3b 26 23 31 32 35 37 3b
    84 7c 84 77 20
    84 83 84 85 84 85 84 73 84 70 84 70 20
    84 70 84 7e 84 74 84 85 84 85 84 74 84 74 84 70 84 70 20
    84 7d 84 8f 84 7e 84 74 2e 20 0d 0a 20 20 20 0d 0a 20 20
    84 43 84 70 84 7e 84 71 84 70 84 70 20 74 68 61 6e 6b 73 2e (ends at thanks.
    in the text below)

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      19„~„t „B„u„s„p„ƒ„„ „…„…„|„x„p„‡„„s„p„p „„„„ƒ„„~ „'„t„p„~
    „‡ү„|„„„w „q„…„y „p„~„t„…„…„t „q„€„|„€„~
      19„~„t „€„‰„y„w „p„}„w„y„|„sү„z "„'„p„w „x„…„x„p„p„‚„ƒ„p„~„p„p
    „‡„p„‚„ˆ„s„p„p„~, „'„}„p„‚ „‡„…„…„‰ „‡өө„‚ө„‡ „q„€„|..."
    „‡„„}„„„~ „„ө„ƒөө„|„w „ƒ„…„…„s„p„p „p„~„t„…„…„t„t„p„p
    „}„„~„t.

      „C„p„~„q„p„p thanks. „C„p„z„‡„p„}„Š„y„s„„„p„z.
      „I„|„q„ ү„xүү„|„t„„s „‡ө„xө„‚
    „‡„…„t„p„|„t„p„w „p„r„p„p„t „}„p„~„Ž „}„„„„t„„
      "„x„p „'„}„p„‚ „q„p„z„~„p..." „s„„„t „p„} „p„~„s„p„z„|„s„p„w
    „q„p„z„s„p„p „„} „Š„y„s „| :-)

      „C„p„~„q„p„p „‰ „}„p„~„y„z„s„p„p „p„|„w ө„s„|өө
    „|„tөө:-)
      1. „€„‚„y„s„€„€„‚ „~„Ž „ƒ„…„‚„‰„y„w „‰„p„t„p„‡„sү„z „„„€„|„s„€„z
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    ө„s„|өө
      2. „t„‚„p„z„r„„‚ „s„p„~„ˆ„„s „€„|„€„€„t „‡„„‚„„s„|„„‰„y„w
    „‰„p„t„p„‡„sү„z „q„p„z„w IT„‰„y„~ „s„„w „‡„„|„„‡ „„‚„‡
    „q„p„z„‡„sү„z„s ү„xүү„|„w ө„s„|өө

      „C„p„~„q„p„p „ƒ„p„z„‡„p„~ „p„}„‚„p„p„t „p„}„u„‚„y„{ „„„y„r„y„z„s
    „q„…„w„y„s„~„…„…„|„p„p„t „y„‚„„„t „y„‡ „ƒ„€„~„y„~ „ƒ„€„~„ƒ„s„€„€„‚„€„z.

      „‡„p„‚„y„~ „„~„t „„„„~„t „y„~„„„u„‚„~„„„ „{„p„†„u-„p„p„ƒ „{„y„‚„y„|„|
    ү„ƒ„„s „ƒ„…„…„|„s„p„p„sү„z „Q„R„~„„„ƒ „{„y„‚„y„|„|„„„‚
    „q„y„‰„}„„„‚ „q„€„| „}„p„~„y „‚„…„…„s„p„p „}„p„z„|„t„„r„„| „‡„„‚„„s
    „q„€„|„€„‡ TOOL „'„r„…„…„|„w „q„€„|„~„€ „Šүү.

      „t„p„Š„‚„p„}„t „t„…„‚„t„p„‡„p„t „„~„y„z„s „q„y„‰„y„‡ „s„„w 10„}„y„~„…„„
    „€„‚„€„|„t„|„€„€.
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