diff --git a/Lib/encodings/hp_roman8.py b/Lib/encodings/hp_roman8.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b632e3b
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+++ b/Lib/encodings/hp_roman8.py
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+""" Python Character Mapping Codec generated from 'hp_roman8.txt' with gencodec.py.
+
+    Based on data from ftp://dkuug.dk/i18n/charmaps/HP-ROMAN8 (Keld Simonsen)
+
+    Original source: LaserJet IIP Printer User's Manual HP part no
+    33471-90901, Hewlet-Packard, June 1989.
+
+"""#"
+
+import codecs
+
+### Codec APIs
+
+class Codec(codecs.Codec):
+
+    def encode(self,input,errors='strict'):
+
+        return codecs.charmap_encode(input,errors,encoding_map)
+
+    def decode(self,input,errors='strict'):
+
+        return codecs.charmap_decode(input,errors,decoding_map)
+
+class StreamWriter(Codec,codecs.StreamWriter):
+    pass
+
+class StreamReader(Codec,codecs.StreamReader):
+    pass
+
+### encodings module API
+
+def getregentry():
+
+    return (Codec().encode,Codec().decode,StreamReader,StreamWriter)
+
+### Decoding Map
+
+decoding_map = codecs.make_identity_dict(range(256))
+decoding_map.update({
+	0x00a1: 0x00c0,	#       LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH GRAVE
+	0x00a2: 0x00c2,	#       LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH CIRCUMFLEX
+	0x00a3: 0x00c8,	#       LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH GRAVE
+	0x00a4: 0x00ca,	#       LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH CIRCUMFLEX
+	0x00a5: 0x00cb,	#       LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH DIAERESIS
+	0x00a6: 0x00ce,	#       LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH CIRCUMFLEX
+	0x00a7: 0x00cf,	#       LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH DIAERESIS
+	0x00a8: 0x00b4,	#       ACUTE ACCENT
+	0x00a9: 0x02cb,	#       MODIFIER LETTER GRAVE ACCENT (Mandarin Chinese fourth tone)
+	0x00aa: 0x02c6,	#       MODIFIER LETTER CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT
+	0x00ab: 0x00a8,	#       DIAERESIS
+	0x00ac: 0x02dc,	#       SMALL TILDE
+	0x00ad: 0x00d9,	#       LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH GRAVE
+	0x00ae: 0x00db,	#       LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH CIRCUMFLEX
+	0x00af: 0x20a4,	#       LIRA SIGN
+	0x00b0: 0x00af,	#       MACRON
+	0x00b1: 0x00dd,	#       LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Y WITH ACUTE
+	0x00b2: 0x00fd,	#       LATIN SMALL LETTER Y WITH ACUTE
+	0x00b3: 0x00b0,	#       DEGREE SIGN
+	0x00b4: 0x00c7,	#       LATIN CAPITAL LETTER C WITH CEDILLA
+	0x00b5: 0x00e7,	#       LATIN SMALL LETTER C WITH CEDILLA
+	0x00b6: 0x00d1,	#       LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N WITH TILDE
+	0x00b7: 0x00f1,	#       LATIN SMALL LETTER N WITH TILDE
+	0x00b8: 0x00a1,	#       INVERTED EXCLAMATION MARK
+	0x00b9: 0x00bf,	#       INVERTED QUESTION MARK
+	0x00ba: 0x00a4,	#       CURRENCY SIGN
+	0x00bb: 0x00a3,	#       POUND SIGN
+	0x00bc: 0x00a5,	#       YEN SIGN
+	0x00bd: 0x00a7,	#       SECTION SIGN
+	0x00be: 0x0192,	#       LATIN SMALL LETTER F WITH HOOK
+	0x00bf: 0x00a2,	#       CENT SIGN
+	0x00c0: 0x00e2,	#       LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH CIRCUMFLEX
+	0x00c1: 0x00ea,	#       LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH CIRCUMFLEX
+	0x00c2: 0x00f4,	#       LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH CIRCUMFLEX
+	0x00c3: 0x00fb,	#       LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH CIRCUMFLEX
+	0x00c4: 0x00e1,	#       LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH ACUTE
+	0x00c5: 0x00e9,	#       LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH ACUTE
+	0x00c6: 0x00f3,	#       LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH ACUTE
+	0x00c7: 0x00fa,	#       LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH ACUTE
+	0x00c8: 0x00e0,	#       LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH GRAVE
+	0x00c9: 0x00e8,	#       LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH GRAVE
+	0x00ca: 0x00f2,	#       LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH GRAVE
+	0x00cb: 0x00f9,	#       LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH GRAVE
+	0x00cc: 0x00e4,	#       LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH DIAERESIS
+	0x00cd: 0x00eb,	#       LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH DIAERESIS
+	0x00ce: 0x00f6,	#       LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH DIAERESIS
+	0x00cf: 0x00fc,	#       LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH DIAERESIS
+	0x00d0: 0x00c5,	#       LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE
+	0x00d1: 0x00ee,	#       LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH CIRCUMFLEX
+	0x00d2: 0x00d8,	#       LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH STROKE
+	0x00d3: 0x00c6,	#       LATIN CAPITAL LETTER AE
+	0x00d4: 0x00e5,	#       LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE
+	0x00d5: 0x00ed,	#       LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH ACUTE
+	0x00d6: 0x00f8,	#       LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH STROKE
+	0x00d7: 0x00e6,	#       LATIN SMALL LETTER AE
+	0x00d8: 0x00c4,	#       LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH DIAERESIS
+	0x00d9: 0x00ec,	#       LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH GRAVE
+	0x00da: 0x00d6,	#       LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH DIAERESIS
+	0x00db: 0x00dc,	#       LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH DIAERESIS
+	0x00dc: 0x00c9,	#       LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH ACUTE
+	0x00dd: 0x00ef,	#       LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH DIAERESIS
+	0x00de: 0x00df,	#       LATIN SMALL LETTER SHARP S (German)
+	0x00df: 0x00d4,	#       LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH CIRCUMFLEX
+	0x00e0: 0x00c1,	#       LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH ACUTE
+	0x00e1: 0x00c3,	#       LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH TILDE
+	0x00e2: 0x00e3,	#       LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH TILDE
+	0x00e3: 0x00d0,	#       LATIN CAPITAL LETTER ETH (Icelandic)
+	0x00e4: 0x00f0,	#       LATIN SMALL LETTER ETH (Icelandic)
+	0x00e5: 0x00cd,	#       LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH ACUTE
+	0x00e6: 0x00cc,	#       LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH GRAVE
+	0x00e7: 0x00d3,	#       LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH ACUTE
+	0x00e8: 0x00d2,	#       LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH GRAVE
+	0x00e9: 0x00d5,	#       LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH TILDE
+	0x00ea: 0x00f5,	#       LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH TILDE
+	0x00eb: 0x0160,	#       LATIN CAPITAL LETTER S WITH CARON
+	0x00ec: 0x0161,	#       LATIN SMALL LETTER S WITH CARON
+	0x00ed: 0x00da,	#       LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH ACUTE
+	0x00ee: 0x0178,	#       LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Y WITH DIAERESIS
+	0x00ef: 0x00ff,	#       LATIN SMALL LETTER Y WITH DIAERESIS
+	0x00f0: 0x00de,	#       LATIN CAPITAL LETTER THORN (Icelandic)
+	0x00f1: 0x00fe,	#       LATIN SMALL LETTER THORN (Icelandic)
+	0x00f2: 0x00b7,	#       MIDDLE DOT
+	0x00f3: 0x00b5,	#       MICRO SIGN
+	0x00f4: 0x00b6,	#       PILCROW SIGN
+	0x00f5: 0x00be,	#       VULGAR FRACTION THREE QUARTERS
+	0x00f6: 0x2014,	#       EM DASH
+	0x00f7: 0x00bc,	#       VULGAR FRACTION ONE QUARTER
+	0x00f8: 0x00bd,	#       VULGAR FRACTION ONE HALF
+	0x00f9: 0x00aa,	#       FEMININE ORDINAL INDICATOR
+	0x00fa: 0x00ba,	#       MASCULINE ORDINAL INDICATOR
+	0x00fb: 0x00ab,	#       LEFT-POINTING DOUBLE ANGLE QUOTATION MARK
+	0x00fc: 0x25a0,	#       BLACK SQUARE
+	0x00fd: 0x00bb,	#       RIGHT-POINTING DOUBLE ANGLE QUOTATION MARK
+	0x00fe: 0x00b1,	#       PLUS-MINUS SIGN
+	0x00ff: None,
+})
+
+### Encoding Map
+
+encoding_map = codecs.make_encoding_map(decoding_map)
diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index 2a2013e..40c9e79 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
 Terrence Brannon
 Dave Brennan
 Tom Bridgman
+Richard Brodie
 Gary S. Brown
 Daniel Brotsky
 Oleg Broytmann