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They did...

According to Wikipedia, the ¢ symbol (meaning cents) was located above the number 6 on old typewriters.

Something else we oldtimers remember is the lack of a number "1", and sometimes the number "0" on old manual typewriters. When you were just typing a piece of paper for a human to read, nobody cared if you used a lower case L and the letter O instead.

I was one of two boys in the typing class in high-school (1953). We had finger exercises before each class to gain strength for the manual typewriters. There was one electric typewriter in the classroom; it was high tech, and only the teacher could use it [g].

Messages In This Thread

NCR: Computer cent sign help...
Smitty - Try This...
The whole ALT-key list....
Re: Smitty - Try This...
Mac Computer?
Re: PC Vista
You are using a Mexican cent sign vbg
Still no luck sad
Copy from one of the posts and paste it ¢
t's an IBM Think Pad... no key pad & I tried but..
with Windows 2000
Try????
Just goofin' around Mark. What do you think?
VERY COOL!!!!!!! vbg Keep GOOFIN!!!!! vbg
More Prototypes but I need that Cents sign....
Re: NCR: Computer cent sign help...
Re: NCR: Computer cent sign help...
Yeee Haaawww! vbg ¢¢¢¢¢ Thanks Ross! vbg
I reckon that was a pre-arranged scam to make
Re: I reckon that was a pre-arranged scam to make
When they invented the typewriter..
Nice Roy! much better c than the one I have Thx
They did...

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