25 Jun 15 09:11, you wrote to me:

 HG>> Well, if you can't key Alt 230 to get the correct micro character
 HG>> that is the next best thing. In my case I hold the right Alt-key
 HG>> while at the same time keying 2 3 0 on the numerical keyboard.

 ml>> most likely what happened in Ed's case is that the system he uses
 ml>> converts ""high ascii"" characters... even
if he had used the proper
 ml>> character in his reply, the bbs would likely have replaced it when he
 ml>> uploaded his posts...

 HG> Dunno if that's the case. He runs the DOS version of MultiMail under
 HG> Windows if I have understood it correctly. Why he doesn't use QEdit
 HG> that I know he has is beyond me.

it is the bbs system he is using that is doing the filtering and conversion
of >=128 characters to 7bit...

 ml>> FWIW: in this system, i can't enter any codes (above or below 128)

 HG> Since my early CP/M days I haven't encountered such a limit.

you should try a modern linux... everything is utf-8 which means the old
characters are moved to a different position in the monstrous character
table... that gives them a different code and i've not found out how to
enter that code directly via the ALT key method or another... all i have
found and enabled support for is "compose" mode which you folks
over there generally use with your altgr key (i think)... i set my right
windows key as my compose key... then to use it, i hold it down and hit the
two keys needed to compose the desired characters...

eg: " and o == ”  lowercase o with umlate aka two dots... ALT-148
    ^ and a == ƒ  lowercase a with a roof... ALT-131

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