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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 14 Feb 1996.
Re: $ =>GBP
On 12 Feb 1996, Judah A. Libin wrote:

> Does anyone know how display the Ascii equivilent of The british pound 
> if for US dollars it is $ how do I represent this for Pounds?

It depends on which Language Code Page your computer has been set up to 
use.  You get to choose this at Set-Up when you first start your 
computer.  Consult your User's Manual to see how to access it now.  

The American set is Code Page 437, the Mulitlingual set is Code Page 850, 
the Portuguese set is Code Page 860, the Canadian-French set is Code Page 
863 and the Nordic set is Code Page 865.

Luckily the ASCII code for the pound is available in all these sets and
it's also the same ASCII code: 156.  If you hold down the ALT key and type
this number on the Number Key Pad you may get a pound sign on your screen. 
That works in the middle of my word-processing programme on my PC but
won't work while I'm typing on the InterNet through a terminal programme. 
For instance, if I were to try it now I would find myself logged out :-)
You will probably find the same is true for you.

- RLW
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Subject: Re: $ =>GBP
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