diff -ur cygwin-1.3.6-6.orig/winsup/cygwin/dcrt0.cc cygwin-1.3.6-6/winsup/cygwin/dcrt0.cc
--- cygwin-1.3.6-6.orig/winsup/cygwin/dcrt0.cc	Sun Dec  2 18:54:02 2001
+++ cygwin-1.3.6-6/winsup/cygwin/dcrt0.cc	Tue Jan 15 16:18:23 2002
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
 BOOL strip_title_path;
 BOOL allow_glob = TRUE;
 codepage_type current_codepage = ansi_cp;
+BOOL console_asis = FALSE;
 
 int cygwin_finished_initializing;
 
diff -ur cygwin-1.3.6-6.orig/winsup/cygwin/environ.cc cygwin-1.3.6-6/winsup/cygwin/environ.cc
--- cygwin-1.3.6-6.orig/winsup/cygwin/environ.cc	Thu Nov  1 00:30:03 2001
+++ cygwin-1.3.6-6/winsup/cygwin/environ.cc	Tue Jan 15 16:18:23 2002
@@ -449,12 +449,24 @@
   if (!buf || !*buf)
     return;
 
-  if (strcmp (buf, "oem")== 0)
+  const char *colon = strchr(buf, ':');
+  if (colon)
+    {
+      if (strcmp(colon + 1, "con-asis") != 0)
+	{
+	  debug_printf ("Wrong codepage suboption: %s", colon + 1);
+	  return;
+	}
+
+      console_asis = TRUE;
+    }
+
+  if (strncmp(buf, "oem", colon ? colon - buf : sizeof("oem") - 1) == 0)
     {
       current_codepage = oem_cp;
       set_file_api_mode (current_codepage);
     }
-  else if (strcmp (buf, "ansi")== 0)
+  else if (strncmp(buf, "ansi", colon ? colon - buf : sizeof("ansi") - 1) == 0)
     {
       current_codepage = ansi_cp;
       set_file_api_mode (current_codepage);
diff -ur cygwin-1.3.6-6.orig/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_console.cc cygwin-1.3.6-6/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_console.cc
--- cygwin-1.3.6-6.orig/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_console.cc	Sun Dec  2 18:54:02 2001
+++ cygwin-1.3.6-6/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_console.cc	Tue Jan 15 16:18:23 2002
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 {
   if (!size)
     /* no action */;
-  else if (destcp == srccp)
+  else if (console_asis || destcp == srccp)
     {
       if (dest != src)
 	memcpy (dest, src, size);
diff -ur cygwin-1.3.6-6.orig/winsup/cygwin/winsup.h cygwin-1.3.6-6/winsup/cygwin/winsup.h
--- cygwin-1.3.6-6.orig/winsup/cygwin/winsup.h	Sun Dec  2 19:52:10 2001
+++ cygwin-1.3.6-6/winsup/cygwin/winsup.h	Tue Jan 15 16:18:23 2002
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
 
 enum codepage_type {ansi_cp, oem_cp};
 extern codepage_type current_codepage;
+extern BOOL console_asis;
 
 /* Used to check if Cygwin DLL is dynamically loaded. */
 extern int dynamically_loaded;