JDK1.2 failed to display MultiCharsetString correctly on Win32,
The following sample shows the problem.
(1)Substitute "JAPANESE" by a not 8859-1 string
(2)Run sample under not-English version of Win32 envirenment.

import java.awt.*;

public class sample {
        public static void main( String[] args ) {
                createa();
        }

        static void createa () {

                Frame a=new Frame("Test");
TestCanvas tc = new TestCanvas();

                a.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
tc.setSize(100, 100);
//substitute JAPANESE to any no-ASCII string
tc.setText("abcd" + "JAPANESE" + "efgh");
                a.add("Center", tc);

a.pack();
                a.show();
        }
}

class TestCanvas extends Canvas {
        String s;
        public TestCanvas() {
                super();
        }
        public void setText(String st) {
                s = new String(st);
                repaint();
        }
        public void paint(Graphics g) {
                g.drawString(s, 0, 20);
        }
}