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From: dasher@netcom.com (Anton Sherwood)
Subject: Re: extended characters (was: Re: Aachen or Aix)
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Organization: That would be telling.
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Date: Sun, 29 Jun 1997 01:58:30 GMT
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: :>Mary F. Heath wrote:
: :>[...]
: :>> I don't know if this will come across, but my Alt/ASCII characters list
: :>> shows "a-ring" as being made using these steps:
: :>>    Num Lock on
: :>>    Hold Alt
: :>>    Press these numbers on the numerical keypad on the far right: 390

: :>> If it comes across on-line, here it is:  

Michael Westfall <mwestfal@GREEN_EGGS_AND_SPAM.csci.csusb.edu> writes
: I'm using ProComm Plus. 
: It comes out as a lower case sigma.

I'm using Zterm.  It looks like a control character (LF).
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