Spelling/vocabulary words for GTTP...

That's right. I forgot that ^Z was undo. In some other systems, I've seen that work the same as ^C sometimes.
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Scott W. Short, Rail Junkie
mailto:scott@midwestcoastercentral.com
http://www.midwestcoastercentral.com

Your=belongs to you

You're= You are

THAT has to be one of the biggest misuses on the forums. A good hint. If you can replace You Are in the sentence, then use you're.

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I'd rather die living than live like I'm dead

Let me see...I have an ASCII chart around here someplace...

Hmmm...It appears that...
^C = ETX
^D = EOT
^F = ACK
^U = NAK (but how would you ever know?)
^X = CAN
^Z = SUB
^[ = ESC
I guess there isn't a defined character for "BRK" (which in my experience is what ^C is for). And I guess that explains why different systems also use ^D (METAL) and ^Z for the same purpose. I also notice that ^S and ^Q, which many of us know are XOFF and XON respectively are not so identified in the 'official' ASCII chart...^S is DC3 and ^Q is DC1.

Okay, is that geeky enough for you? :)

Besides, ^Z isn't UNDO. UNDO is OA-Z. :)

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*** This post was edited by RideMan 1/14/2003 11:01:40 AM ***

queue would that be said like ca-wee or Q?

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D/\MN GINA!!!!!!!!

Pronounced as 'Q.'

^Z is Undo for us PC folks.....

Also, ^Y is Redo :)

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cyberdman

'Course I have a word processor that uses ^Y for "insert" because ^I is not available because ^I happens to be "TAB".

--Dave Althoff, Jr.

That's different...

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cyberdman

While we're on the subject, what the heck does "IMO" stand for when people are posting in their bizarre shorthand? I must be really dense, because I can't figure it out. I know BTW means "by the way", but I can't get the other one.

And BTW (that's the last time you'll see that from me), there are some who need to distinguish between there and their when writing their posts. That's just one that bugs me as long as others are venting, too. Oh yeah, "its vs it's", too. Man, we could go on all day here. Somebody shut me up.

You should check out this list. There may be better ones, but this one works, in my opinion.

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Virtual Midway
http://www.virtualmidway.com

Thank you, sir. Actually, you've answered even more puzzlements that have bothered me for years. I feel so complete now.

BTW (doh!!!) Walt, your web site is the greatest. Looks as though you've put a lot of work into it.

Rideman says...

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Dave, it's Friday and I am not going to pull out my EBCDIC/HEX conversion card today.

Cyclist Don wondered about...

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Easy. It's a little strange because it's Apple ASCII, meaning that normal text has the high bit set. But given its location in the message it should have been easy to figure out. It translates as follows:

AD AD C4 E1 F6 E5 A0 C1 EC F4 E8 EF E6 E6 AC A0 DD DB 8D
-  -  D  a  v  e     A  l  t  h  o  f  f  ,     ]  [  ^M

:)
*** This post was edited by RideMan 1/17/2003 2:41:55 PM ***