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Message no. 1
From: Gurth <jweste%smtp@******.HZEELAND.NL>
Subject: Re: Y=Nuyen (SMTP Id#: 341) - Reply
Date: Sun, 6 Mar 1994 19:12:54 +0100
>(i was reading your message very perplexed...seeing y,Y,y,Y....
>"what, WHAT! They're the SAME!.....oh, my view font...")

>Im posting because im curious what the IBM ffolk see, too.
>K'mon you guys, whats your two 4? <wow, the =Y= i typed at home
>became a 4!!>

I can inform you that this IBM-user only sees "y"-s, both small type and
capitals. No yen-signs anywhere. And what's the deal with the 4 (four)
anyway?
Message no. 2
From: Gian-Paolo Musumeci <musumeci@***.LIS.UIUC.EDU>
Subject: Re: Y=Nuyen (SMTP Id#: 341) - Reply
Date: Sun, 6 Mar 1994 12:42:06 -0600
Hrm. For Mac users, I guess you could write a program to trap for =Y= in your
mail program and make it display an Option-Y. Dunno if the IBM font set
supports Yen signs.

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