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Message no. 1
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Extended ASCII (was Re: Shadowfluffy)
Date: Sat, 9 Nov 1996 13:50:44 +0100
Spike said on 13:36/ 8 Nov 96...

> |However, sending this sort of extended ASCII through email is not all
> |that handy, because not everybody's mailer supports the characters. I
> |think this: + won't look like a (nu)yen sign when I get this mail back,
> |for example.
>
> Let's test it....
> It looked like a '+' from where I'm sitting, but on the sunstations under
> X-windows it'd probably look right....

It also looked like a + (plus sign) when I got the message back, even
though it definitely was a yen sign when I sent the original out.
Something strange is happening here, because I do get (nu)yen signs in
other peoples' messages displayed correctly.

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-----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK-----
Version 3.1:
GAT/! d-(dpu) s:- !a>? C+(++)@ U P L E? W(++) N o? K- w+ O V? PS+ PE
Y PGP- t(+) 5+ X++ R+++>$ tv+(++) b++@ DI? D+ G(++) e h! !r(---) y?
------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
Message no. 2
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: Extended ASCII (was Re: Shadowfluffy)
Date: Sat, 9 Nov 1996 22:37:03 +0000
|It also looked like a + (plus sign) when I got the message back, even
|though it definitely was a yen sign when I sent the original out.
|Something strange is happening here, because I do get (nu)yen signs in
|other peoples' messages displayed correctly.

Some terminal emulators are set to receive only 7 bits...
(ASCII codes only go up to 127)....

Hmmmm.... Gives me an idea....

The nuyen symbol is usually about 158 (on my printer and computer at home
anyway....)

Subtract bit 8 from that, and I think you'll end up with the '+' sign....
(Bit 88 for the non-computer geeks out there.....)
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|GCv3.1 GCS/EL>$ d---(dpu) s+/- a- C++ U N++ K- w-- M+/++ PS+++ PE- Y t+ 5++ |
|X+/++ R+ tv+ b+ D G e>PhD h/h+ !r! !y-|I can't say F**K either now! >*SULK*<|
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Message no. 3
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: Extended ASCII (was Re: Shadowfluffy)
Date: Sun, 10 Nov 1996 12:34:50 +0100
Spike said on 22:37/ 9 Nov 96...

> Some terminal emulators are set to receive only 7 bits...
> (ASCII codes only go up to 127)....
>
> Hmmmm.... Gives me an idea....
>
> The nuyen symbol is usually about 158 (on my printer and computer at home
> anyway....)

157 in IBM's character set, Microsoft put it under 165, and on a Mac it's
180 (according to my Word 6.0 manual, anyway). I've never used a QL, so
I'll take your word for it that it's 158 there :)

> Subtract bit 8 from that, and I think you'll end up with the '+' sign....
> (Bit 88 for the non-computer geeks out there.....)

Character 30? I don't think so -- space is 32, and before that are control
characters like tab and line feed, and other stuff that you don't normally
see displayed on your screen directly.

--
Gurth@******.nl - http://www.xs4all.nl/~gurth/index.html
Don't be stupid, Beavis. There's always been TV; there's just more
channels now.
-> NERPS Project Leader & Unofficial Shadowrun Guru <-
-> The Plastic Warriors Page: http://www.xs4all.nl/~gurth/plastic.html <-

-----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK-----
Version 3.1:
GAT/! d-(dpu) s:- !a>? C+(++)@ U P L E? W(++) N o? K- w+ O V? PS+ PE
Y PGP- t(+) 5+ X++ R+++>$ tv+(++) b++@ DI? D+ G(++) e h! !r(---) y?
------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------

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