Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 14 Feb 1996.
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Someone was looking for the � (British Pound) symbol...
alt.ascii-art
· 2 messages · 14 Feb 1996 - 16 Feb 1996
It's alt-156 �.
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Paul Hustava
hin...@inlink.com
On Wed, 14 Feb 1996, Paul Hustava wrote:
> It's alt-156 =A3.
Well, actually it's not that simple. On my PC alt-156 with the NumLock On
will produce a pound sign. However your pound turns up on my screen as a
u with a forwards slash above it :-)
It depends on the ASCII set you use, your terminal type and the terminal
protocols which convert it along the way to you.=20
Here is a sample set which I have uploaded to my VT100 terminal using=20
zmodem. [Using ASCII protocol means that I lose all but the=20
u-forward-slash of the set.]
US ASCII:
PC running DOS
Num Lock On
via VT100 terminal
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
shift 3 =3D # =3D alt 35 =3D #
shift 4 =3D $ =3D alt 36 =3D $
shift 7 =3D & =3D alt 38 &
alt 151 =3D =97 =3D u back slash
alt 155 =3D =9B =3D cents
alt 156 =3D =9C =3D pounds
alt 157 =3D =9D =3D yen
alt 159 =3D =9F =3D integrate/function
alt 163 =3D =A3 =3D u forward slash
What you get on your screen might be quite different to what I get on=20
mine. [I hope it doesn't do any damage along the way :-( ]
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
IIIII =20
IIIIIII Rosemary Lyndall Wemm
II(^ ^)II Perth, Western Australia
II[_O"O_]II lyn...@haywire.DIALix.oz.au
0 ( i ) 0 http://haywire.dialix.com/~lyndall
I [ w ] I =20
\_/ =20
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