Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!spool.mu.edu!think.com!compass!worley From: worley@compass.com (Dale Worley) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: IBM PC keyboard handling (Was: to "OR" or not to "OR") Message-ID: Date: 29 May 91 16:03:05 GMT References: <1991May28.191122.15749@ncsu.edu> <1991May28.210421.9656@unlv.edu> Sender: root@compass.com Organization: Compass, Inc., Wakefield, MA, U.S.A. Lines: 13 In-reply-to: grover@brownie.cs.unlv.edu's message of 28 May 91 21:04:21 GMT In article <1991May28.210421.9656@unlv.edu> grover@brownie.cs.unlv.edu (Kevin Grover) writes: If it is IBM compatible, you should be able to get that symbol by holding the ALT key and typing the number 124 (the ASCII value for a | symbol), then releasing the ALT key. BTW, the 1, 2, and 4 have to be typed on the numeric keypad, not on the upper row of the main keypad. Also, I've forgotten but the NumLock state may or may not affect whether it works. Dale Worley Compass, Inc. worley@compass.com -- ITS -- the operating system where *you* type the prompt!