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G0TEZ > UTIL 11.11.11 13:02l 37 Lines 1256 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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Subj: Re: G0TEZ > WizMouse
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Sent: 111111/0025Z @:GB7CIP.#32.GBR.EU #:16941 [Caterham] $:F00092G0TEZ
From: G0TEZ@GB7CIP.#32.GBR.EU
To : UTIL@WW
I have assumed for years that Winpack just won't handle accents, partly
from reading messages from German stations where the use ae,oe,and ue for
the umlauted a,o, and u.
I presume they do that because the rest of the world doesn't use the
German code page. The most modern was, as I said, the fact that, if I hit
Alt Gr + 4 I don't get the Euro sign. I can get the UKP if I use Alt + 156
No! I just tried it in my type ahead window and the whole msg
disappeared.
Lets try Shift 3 the UKP key, no that gave me a hash.
That is the reason why other European stations use the above, allong with
Eu and UKP. The only monetary sign we can guarantee at WW is the $US,
What idiot introduced ASCII anyway ?
Older computers would handle all the currency symbols like the 17 EU
currencies which have been replaced by the Euro a sign often used by the
rest of the 25 countries in the EU.
I am O.K with e-mails and Skype IMs, even my mobile 'phone will text the
UKP and Euro signs, no problem.
Ergo, if mobile phones can evolve, why can't PCs ? running packet,
especially Winpack ?
It isn't just me,mate.
73 - Ian, G0TEZ @ GB7CIP
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