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   Holger Granholm to All   
   Found new key   
   30 Oct 16 16:26:00   
   
   Hi All,   
      
   I found a new key (to me), on the Windows keyboard.   
      
   The key is next to the right (main) keyboard, and is marked with a   
   'roof', two top dots and a 'sinus' sign.   
      
   I was writing a letter in german and needed the letter u with two dots   
   on top. I didn't fancy taking out a M$ manual to find out the character   
   codes, so I tested that newfound key, and voil  I got the umlaut 'u'.   
      
   Pressing the key with the dots and then the 'u', I got the wanted chr.   
   The same happened with the 'o' letter to get a roof on top, and also   
   with the letter 'n' with a sinus on top, as used in spanish.   
      
   I did check all my older Windows keyboards, and they too have the same   
   key.   
      
   Of course I can get these same letters in DOS and OS/2 with a non-Win   
   keyboard by using PC8 character codes, but now I found out that even my   
   non-Windows keyboards, have that same key similarly marked!   
      
   It's true that we learn as long as we live, but it took me an awful long   
   time to find this out.   
      
      
   Regards,   
      
   Holger   
      
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