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RJT> GM> The abbreviation "d" was used to designate the penny in the old RJT> GM> British, Australian and New Zealand currencies. RJT>It still is when you're buying nails. RJT> GM> L.s.d, using a curly "L" with a cross stroke, represented libra RJT> GM> (pound), shilling = 1/20th of a pound, and denarius (penny) = 1/12 RJT> GM> of a shilling. RJT>I never could figure out why the C64 had that key on it. :-) I understood the original Commodore Vic was the product of a British business machine manufacture. The whole line was supported on the BBC for a long time. Ciao, Ack --- þ SLMR 2.1a þ "It is better to be roughly right than precisly wrong"* Origin: Try Our Web Based QWK: DOCSPLACE.ORG (1:123/140) SEEN-BY: 633/267 270 @PATH: 123/140 500 106/2000 633/267 |
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