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clueless in New York
    
                        


                                            

                

            

        


    

        

            

                

                    
clueless in New York

                    

                        From A3APA3A <a3a...@aol.com>
                        · alt.ascii-art
                        · 18 Dec 1998 00:00                                                    · View full thread
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I have a question- when you hold alt on the keyboard and enter a combination
of numbers on the numeric pad on the right, you get different characters. Say,
alt+ 658 produces � and alt + 654 produces �.
Are those ASCII characters? What's the history behind this way of entering
symbols?



                    

                

            

        


        

            

                

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