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[...]
>The Alt-Gr-Funny_key gives a char 179 under DOS, and a =A6 under windoze=
=2E
[other stuff about hash ID's cut]

High-bit set characters have a special meaning under FAT, AFAIK. They =

certainly did under CP/M. I think if the first character has its top bit =
set =

that marks the file as being deleted.

So no pound sign, no =AC (what is that thing called?), and no yen.

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