[net.misc] character names on keyboards

dgd@ukc.UUCP (D.G.Dixon) (08/22/83)

 Sorry to come in a bit late on this one but....

 ` is a "POUND" is it not?
 
       (You know, pounds Sterling. From the latin "libra")

DGD
...!vax135!ukc!dgd

pdl@root44.UUCP (Dave Lukes) (08/24/83)

WHAAAT???: ` is a pound ???
Yes, I know that on certain brain damaged keyboards the character octal 0140,
hex 60, decimal 96 prints as a pound sign, however this is merely (to use
a technical phrase) a manufacturer-added feature (i.e. balls-up).
That character is, in ASCII, and I believe ISO, a back-quote, a.k.a. grave.

			Puking all the way to my VDU
				Dave Lukes (...!vax135!ukc!root44!pdl)

allan@qusavx.UUCP (08/29/83)

octal 140 is indeed a back quote. The pound tho is usually in place
of the hash which is octal 43. This depends on whether you are using
the British character set or not.
Allan Pick (qusavx!allan)