Re: pic from adrian

spa...@mymail.com wrote in article <340...@nntp.netcom.ca>...
> On Tue, 26 Aug 1997 22:30:57 +0200, joris bellenger <svz...@xs4all.nl>
wrote:
> 
> >Hhhaaaaa I asked Adian the same thing and that's what
> >his answer was:
> >
> >-On my UK keyboard, its the very top left key also with ` and | on it. I

> >-just press SHIFT to get �
> >
> >It doesn't exist on my "proper-ascii-character" list eather.
> >What it is? To be honest it's a mistery to me.
> 
> In the official 255 character WIPEOS Character set (Windows and IBM PC
> extraneous ordinal system series), it is character no. 188, but it's not
> guaranteed. In MS Windows, you get it in _most_ fonts by Alt + 0188 on
the
> keypad.
> 
> Pronunciation, for the acro-inimical among you is as in "whip yo 's'",
and is
> the only computer acronym that is not tolerated on the "children's
channel" as
> there are those who feel that whipping is not acceptable treatment for
the
> letter 's' (for reasons I cannot pretend to understand).
> 
> Alan
> 
> My real address is alanp @ netcom.ca (without spaces)
> but I'm sick of email spam.
> 

I use Topaz New font and it looks like an exclamation mark for me. My
favorite hex 
editor (MS Developer) says its code is 172 (0xAC).


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