From: mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 22:51:32 -0500 (EST) Reply-To: mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca To: "Ian 'DrDebug' Day" cc: opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net Subject: Re: [opendos] [OpenDOS] Wishlist part 2 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Organization: Total disorganization. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Sender: owner-opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net Precedence: bulk On Wed, 26 Feb 1997, Ian 'DrDebug' Day wrote: > On Wed, 26 Feb 1997 at 03:04:46, wrote: > >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... 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. >=20 > The AltGr does NOT give a pipe symbol. >=20 > Oddly though, on trying it, you can't press this combination under=20 > Win95. It just beeps at me.... Obviously, M$ don't want the brits=20 > playing with un-authorised keys... >=20 > What 'M' symbol? It was a '=AC' symbol. (Char 171) You don't have that= ? =20 > Why on Earth not. Who could get by without it? :) >=20 > What do you have under the Esc key? Under the ESC key is the BACKQUOTE key, and shifted it gives you a TILDE. The backquote is a reverse apostrophe `, and the tilde is a squiggly line ~. I don't know how they will display on your screen, but since all codes under 128 are standard ASCII, they should show up on your screen ok. Mike A. Harris | http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris Computer Consultant | My webpage has moved and my address has changed. My dynamic address: http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris/ip-address.html mailto:mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca Download OpenDOS, then: CDD C:\^DEL /ZS MSDOS.SYS IO.SYS \DOS\*.*