important keyboard question

[tupacboy]

was there ever a cents sign on the keyboard? and if there was where was it located?

[theHNIC]

not necessarily a key on the keyboard...but using ASCII there is a possibility

go here (http://www.bbsinc.com/symbol.html) to see the chart I believe its 162...dont know how to get it to work, though

[theHNIC]

The ASCII number is followed by the character that appears in .HLP files and other Windows files. Note that a few characters MAY appear different on your Web Browser than on the Help File, but this will give you an idea of what the program is like.


145‘ 146’ 160 161¡ 162¢ 163£ 164¤ 165¥ 166¦ 167§ 168¨ 169© 170ª 171« 172¬ 173* 174® 175¯ 176° 177± 178² 179³ 180´ 181µ 182¶ 183· 184¸ 185¹ 186º 187» 188¼ 189½ 190¾ 191¿ 192À 193Á 194Â 195Ã 196Ä 197Å 198Æ 199Ç 200È 201É 202Ê 203Ë 204Ì 205Í 206Î 207Ï 208Ð 209Ñ 210Ò 211Ó 212Ô 213Õ 214Ö 215× 216Ø 217Ù 218Ú 219Û 220Ü 221Ý 222Þ 223ß 224à 225á 226â 227ã 228ä 229å 230æ 231ç 232è 233é 234ê 235ë 236ì 237í 238î 239ï 240ð 241ñ 242ò 243ó 244ô 245õ 246ö 247÷ 248ø 249ù 250ú 251û 252ü 253ý 254þ 255ÿ

[Burzhui]

tupac boy is that like for a bet or something?

[Markel]

I have a nifty freeware program named AllChars which allows you to easily enter optional characters such as ¢ ½ ¼ ? § as well as international accents, etc. Very handy. It is available from http://allchars.zwolnet.com/

[BrewMaster]

The ASCII set can be different on every computer. It depends how your computers is made from the manufacturer. All the characters are the same, but the numbers can differ depending on how they choose to number (i.e. -128 to 127 or 0 to 256, or any other way).

[Burzhui]

I've never heard of -128 to +127 ASCII set

[Markel]

You've probably never heard of 0 - 256 either, since 256 is too big. Rather than overload anyones capabilities, it's better to limit it to 0 - 255. Of course, then there's unicode....

[Burzhui]

Originally posted by Markel
You've probably never heard of 0 - 256 either, since 256 is too big. Rather than overload anyones capabilities, it's better to limit it to 0 - 255. Of course, then there's unicode....

true:)

[tupacboy]

hmm... i think i didn't explain myself... i wanted to know if there was a key literally.... like you hit the key and poof comes out a cents sign...

[jstreet]

No. By using Windows's Character Map (a program not installed by default in at least Windows98, but installable off the CD in the Accessories setup part of Add/Remove), you can derive the four-digit code that you can enter while holding down the Alt key to get it to appear, however.


Originally posted by tupacboy
hmm... i think i didn't explain myself... i wanted to know if there was a key literally.... like you hit the key and poof comes out a cents sign...

[jujubees]

I think some typewriter/word processor models from the early 90's had the cent sign.

Okay, now I feel old. :P