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Alan Vann wrote:
John Rumm wrote:
INS in addition to toggling overwrite mode in some applications (and
if you grew up with commodore 8 bit machines that will be the "normal"
way to edit!), it can also be used as a "paste" key when used with
shift. DEL (i.e. directly below it) will act as a cut key when used
with shift.

Wasn't that the default way in Windows 3.11? (I've only used Ctrl-x/c/v
relatively recently....)

Ctrl XCV worked there too...



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"Paul Ratcliffe" replied to me:

Personally, I wish you would sod off.

Clearly, you don't know very much then.

********.

And to my nickname Thack:

Your 'i' key seems to be generating the wrong letter.


Blimey, Paul, what have I done to warrant this kind of vitrol?

You're clearly a computing expert, but Bill isn't, and my answer was pitched
to a non-expert computer user. Maybe you could do to polish your own
communication skills a little.

Thack (but not Thick)

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Or, a more 'Paul Ratcliffe' type response would be:

F*ck off and die, tw*t face.

Thack

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Ian Jackson wrote in
:


But does the hero get the girl?
Ian.

He shags her senseless matey.

Bill


So your TOT posting wasn't a TWOT, then!!
Ian.

_and_ he didn't get the last word ;)

mike

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typo: vitrol = vitriol!

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"Paul Ratcliffe" wrote in message
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On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 08:16:57 +0100, Steve Thackery
wrote:

They are all 'legacy' keys from the old days. Apparently they haven't
removed them because it would break backward compatibility (although
personally I wish they would, and sod the backward compatibility).

Personally, I wish you would sod off.

And what's SCROLL LOCK? What's PAUSE BREAK?

Obsolete. They were used in the days of dumb, character-based computer
terminals. I don't know of any software that makes use of them.

Clearly, you don't know very much then. Pause and Ctrl-Break are used in
text mode and I found out by accident just the other day that Excel at
least uses Scroll Lock.

But what's SYS RQ?

Obsolete. Not used for anything.

********. SysReq is often used as a way to break into a program when
running under a debugger. At least, that is what I use it for.

Thack

Your 'i' key seems to be generating the wrong letter.

What do these keys mean?
)*(

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Phil Cook wrote:

Bill Wright wrote:


"Owain" wrote in message
.. .
Max Demian wrote:
But then you need to carry your photo printer in your handbag - unless
you expect people to squint at the tiny screen.

Someone will combine a digital camera with one of those projection clocks
so you can project your photos onto the wall in the pub 'real soon now'

Perfectly feasible, with a pocket-sized nuclear power source.

We are getting there. High power LEDs can kick out a fair bit of light
for not that much battery drain. I should think that you could make a
pocket projector to go up to A4 size without much bother.

Toshiba started shipping theirs last year.
700USD - weighs 1.7 pound with battery (1.1 without), approx 2 hours
battery life - they rate it as 400 Lux and say it can reach up to 68
inch diagonal (I presume in the darkened backroom of the pub)

http://www.toshibadirect.com/td/b2c/...HO&poid=353143
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Rgds
Paul Webster