-=> Ben Collver wrote to Dave Drum <=-

 DD> clarity and consistency. My usual degree symbol with the line under the
 DD> tiny "o" is made using  167 ..... thus o.

 BC> If I press  167 in DOS, i get the symbol with the line under the
 BC> tiny "o".

 BC> If I press  248 in DOS, i get the symbol WITHOUT the line under
 BC> the tiny "o".  I think this is actually the degree symbol.

I know. I have those two (and a couple others for other symblos hard-coded
into my brain. I used to use 248 but switched to the other - just as
a matter of personal preference. It's a long way from using the lower case
"o" for degrees.  Bv)=

 BC> A little trivia: i was not able to enter these alt codes when running
 BC> DOS on qemu.  Looking into it, i found that alt codes aren't handled by
 BC> DOS, they are handled by the BIOS.  Several PC emulators lack this
 BC> feature in their BIOS.  DOSBox-X, however, supports alt codes and can
 BC> boot FreeDOS.
 
The  codes work fine on my two main editors - PFE and Notepad++. My
DOS emulator afyer trying several is vDOS. I'm not much on gaming so it
covers all of my bases nicely.

From my ALY Breakfast files

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: Dave's Breakfast 'shoe
 Categories: Breads, Pork, Eggs, Sauces, Potatoes
      Yield: 1 Serving
 
      1    (5" to 6" dia) buttermilk
           - biscuit; split *
      2 lg Eggs; cooked any style
      2    Sausage patties; cooked **
      2 c  Hashed brown, American fried
           - cottage fried or French
           - fried potatoes
           Sausage gravy to cover all
           Shredded yellow cheese; opt

MMMMM---------------------------GRAVY--------------------------------
      1 lb Bulk pork sausage; sage
      2 tb Onion; fine chopped
      6 tb Flour
      1 qt Milk
    1/2 ts Poultry seasoning
    1/2 ts Nutmeg; ground
    1/4 ts Salt
        pn Worcestershire powder
        pn Cayenne
 
  Crumble sausage into a large saucepan. Cook over medium-
  low heat. Add onion; cook and stir until transparent.
  Drain, reserving all but 2 tb of drippings. Add the two
  tablespoons of fat back to the meat, stir in flour and
  cook over medium-low heat for about 6 minutes or until
  the mixture bubbles and turns golden.
  
  Stir in milk. Add seasonings; cook, stirring, until
  thickened. Set aside and keep warm.
  
  This is *much more* gravy than is needed. The unused
  portion keeps well in the ice box for up to a week.
  
  Split the biscuit and place on a large oval platter.
  
  Place the fried pork patties on the biscuit halves.
  
  Cook the eggs as you like them and slide them onto
  the top of the pork patties.
  
  Add your potatoes over the eggs, and ladle on the
  sausage gravy, stopping before it runs off the edges
  of the plate.
  
  Sprinkle shredded yellow cheese over the top, if you
  like.
  
  Serves 1 if you are hungry. Serves 2 if you're a wuss.
  
  * can substitute toast if you must.
  
  ** Pick your meat. I prefer sausage. Others may like
  ham, bacon, beef, etc.
  
  Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen
 
MMMMM
 
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