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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 20 Feb 1996.
Re: $ =>GBP

Re: $ =>GBP

From SweetCdn <swe...@aol.com> · alt.ascii-art · 20 Feb 1996 00:00 · View full thread · report
Thanks Andy,

This is great.
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In article <4ga7lj$sb...@whitbeck.ncl.ac.uk>, Andy Holden
<A.B...@ncl.ac.uk> writes:

> The list below was posted by swe...@ingres.co.uk (Tony Sweeney)
>on alt.folklore.urban (where discussions about alternative characters are

>also taking place):
>
>>SunSoft thoughtfully provide you with the whole ISO 8859/1 character
>>set in file /usr/pub/iso. Here it is:
>>
>>| 00 nul| 01 soh| 02 stx| 03 etx| 04 eot| 05 enq| 06 ack| 07 bel|
>>| 08 bs | 09 ht | 0a nl | 0b vt | 0c np | 0d cr | 0e so | 0f si |
>>| 10 dle| 11 dc1| 12 dc2| 13 dc3| 14 dc4| 15 nak| 16 syn| 17 etb|
>>| 18 can| 19 em | 1a sub| 1b esc| 1c fs | 1d gs | 1e rs | 1f us |
>>| 20 sp | 21  ! | 22  " | 23  # | 24  $ | 25  % | 26  & | 27  ' |
>>| 28  ( | 29  ) | 2a  * | 2b  + | 2c  , | 2d  - | 2e  . | 2f  / |
>>| 30  0 | 31  1 | 32  2 | 33  3 | 34  4 | 35  5 | 36  6 | 37  7 |
>>| 38  8 | 39  9 | 3a  : | 3b  ; | 3c  < | 3d  = | 3e  > | 3f  ? |
>>| 40  @ | 41  A | 42  B | 43  C | 44  D | 45  E | 46  F | 47  G |
>>| 48  H | 49  I | 4a  J | 4b  K | 4c  L | 4d  M | 4e  N | 4f  O |
>>| 50  P | 51  Q | 52  R | 53  S | 54  T | 55  U | 56  V | 57  W |
>>| 58  X | 59  Y | 5a  Z | 5b  [ | 5c  \ | 5d  ] | 5e  ^ | 5f  _ |
>>| 60  ` | 61  a | 62  b | 63  c | 64  d | 65  e | 66  f | 67  g |
>>| 68  h | 69  i | 6a  j | 6b  k | 6c  l | 6d  m | 6e  n | 6f  o |
>>| 70  p | 71  q | 72  r | 73  s | 74  t | 75  u | 76  v | 77  w |
>>| 78  x | 79  y | 7a  z | 7b  { | 7c  | | 7d  } | 7e  ~ | 7f del|
>>  
>>| a0�nbs| a1  � | a2  � | a3  � | a4  � | a5  � | a6  � | a7  � |
>>| a8  � | a9  � | aa  � | ab  � | ac  � | ad  � | ae  � | af  � |
>>| b0  � | b1  � | b2  � | b3  � | b4  � | b5  � | b6  � | b7  � |
>>| b8  � | b9  � | ba  � | bb  � | bc  � | bd  � | be  � | bf  � |
>>| c0  � | c1  � | c2  � | c3  � | c4  � | c5  � | c6  � | c7  � |
>>| c8  � | c9  � | ca  � | cb  � | cc  � | cd  � | ce  � | cf  � |
>>| d0  � | d1  � | d2  � | d3  � | d4  � | d5  � | d6  � | d7  � |
>>| d8  � | d9  � | da  � | db  � | dc  � | dd  � | de  � | df  � |
>>| e0  � | e1  � | e2  � | e3  � | e4  � | e5  � | e6  � | e7  � |
>>| e8  � | e9  � | ea  � | eb  � | ec  � | ed  � | ee  � | ef  � |
>>| f0  � | f1  � | f2  � | f3  � | f4  � | f5  � | f6  � | f7  � |
>>| f8  � | f9  � | fa  � | fb  � | fc  � | fd  � | fe  � | ff  � |
>
> Unfortunately these numbers are in Hexadecimal, and they need to be in 
>decimal to display using alt (unless anyone knows better). Hex to decimal

>conversions should be available on the calcultor function on your P.C. 
>(a0  = 160, so if it isn't you can count from there).  
> 
> Also, because this is the  ANSI set, a 0 must be entered before the 
>number. 
>
> e.g. � = f8 - convert to decimal = 248 - to display character hold down 
>alt, type 0248, release alt. 
>
> This is a bit of a pain, but it does work in all Windows applications on

>a P.C., at least it does for me! (Windows 2.1 and 3.1, don't know about 
>Windows 95).



    

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From: swe...@aol.com (SweetCdn)
Subject: Re: $ =>GBP
Date: 1996/02/20
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