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From: "Alaric B. Williams" <alaric AT abwillms DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
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Date: Thu, 27 Feb 1997 21:30:32 +0000
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On 26 Feb 97 at 3:04, mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on. wrote:

> On Wed, 26 Feb 1997, Alaric B. Williams wrote:
> 
> > >
> > > A better candidate would be then YEN symbol.  :o)
> > 
> > I don't know about US keyboards, but my UK device has an otherwise
> > useless key to the left of the 1 digit, under Esc, which has three
> > symbols on it: ` =AC and |, although to get | I push shift-\.
> > 
> > Perhaps a use could be made for the =AC character? I've no idea how
> > it'll come out on your machines, but on my system it's a top right
> > hand corner of a single thickness ASCII box!
 
> Please tell me you're joking about using the | symbol!  That is
> the DOS pipe.  Don't you use pipes?  The ` key is used by 4DOS
> for quoting aliases, etc...

I was only suggesting the silly =AC. There's got to be /some/ use for 
the bloody thing. I know full well about pipes and quoting :-)

> Also it is a valid filename char.
> The M symbol that you used doesn't appear on american keyboards
> also.  It does however display on my screen.

An M symbol? You see it as an M-like thing? Wow!

Still, if it's not on US keyboards, it's a dodo as far as using it 
for anything goes...

> Mike A. Harris        |             http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mhar=
ris
> Computer Consultant   |    My webpage has moved and my address has chang=
ed.
> My dynamic address: http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris/ip-address.h=
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> mailto:mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca
> 
> LINUX: What changed from 2.0.27 to 2.0.28?  I don't notice anything.

:-)


ABW
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