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- From: wright_j@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.tech
- Subject: Re: International Currency Sybol
- Date: 18 Nov 92 18:51:27 NZST
- Organization: Welligton City Council, Public Access.
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- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.185127.1@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz>
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- /G=Owen/S=Smith/O=SJ-Research/ADMD=INTERSPAN/C=GB/@mhs-relay.ac.uk writes:
-
- > My advice - avoid this character like the plague. It's a top bit set
- > character too, which is another reason to avoid it if you want file
- > portability (anyone tried putting it on a DOS disk and then seeing what
- > MS-DOS thinks of it?).
-
- Well, cranking up the ole PCemulator as I type this, it seems to think of
- this character as looking like:
-
- ######
-
- #####
- ## ##
- ## ##
- ## ##
-
- ie. an accented `n'.
-
- Gee I like multitasking... :-)
- Cheers, Julian.
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