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From: peter@ficc.ferranti.COM (peter da silva)
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From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva)
Subject: Re: Printable format (was: Re: ISO/CCITT meeting report)
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In article <412506*JPALME@QZ.qz.se> JPALME@qz.qz.se (Jacob Palme QZ) writes:
[of {}|@`~^[]\#$]

> In the IOS 646 standard, the international version of ASCII,
> all these characters are designated as for national use.

Ah, but isn't everyone moving towards ISO Latin 1?

But if that little '@' burns you up, there's a well known solution...
replace it with '%' which *is* in ISO 646:

<peter.da.silva%hackercorp.com>
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