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From: aez@Data-IO.COM (Adam Zilinskas)
Newsgroups: comp.misc,comp.cog-eng
Subject: Re: Double Bucky
Keywords: Shift Control Meta Super Hyper CokeBottle
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Date: 22 Dec 89 00:18:02 GMT
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In article <21363@mimsy.umd.edu> don@brillig.umd.edu (Don Hopkins) writes:
>
>	(For those of you who are interested, the term "bucky bits"
>	comes from Niklaus Wirth, known as "bucky" to friends, who
>	suggested that an extra bit be added to terminal codes on 36
>	bit machines for use by screen editors.)

I find my information may be wrong (there goes the thing about listening 
your superiors [Harris guy not Zippel]). If you value your left hand,
never try a shift-hyper-control middle-mouse button as your fingers 
get tied into a little knot :-)
				Adam