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From: elg@killer.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: Backslash char
Message-ID: <2105@killer.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 15-Nov-87 22:37:04 EST
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Posted: Sun Nov 15 22:37:04 1987
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in article <3421@uwmcsd1.UUCP>, jon@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Jon George Seidl) says:
> In article <927@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> moyersc@ladder.UUCP (Carol Anne Moyers) writes:
>>How can get my C64 to type a backslash
>>character?
>>
> You don't, unless you are using some kind of program that provides this
> ability (or you have changed your character set). If you need it for
> telecomputing, the kermit versions for the C64 offer a backslash. I
> believe it is under the disguise of the British pound symbol on these
> programs. Actually, the decimal ascii equivalent of '\' is 134. If you
> can find any way of sending decimal 134 through the modem, you have sent a '\'.

Actually, the character code for the english pound symbol is 134. So if your
program uses the standard keyscan, hitting the english pound symbol is like
hitting the backslash, although once I encountered a brain-dead program that
re-mapped the english pound symbol into either the escape key or a break 
key.

Special characters such as the curly brackets {}, squiggle ~ and
back-quote `, however, are completely terminal dependent.....

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