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What about NUL? (was: alt 255 ; question)

#285
From: Karlsen Bjorn
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 13:52
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>                    If the accumulated value is 0 when the Alt key is
>released, the BIOS doesn't put a key into the keyboard buffer.

What do I do if i *want* character NUL (ASCII 0)? Usually I press Alt-0
and then a letter key before releasing the Alt key, but then I have to
erase the letter...

-KKC-  etnbkkc@etn.ericsson.se
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Subject: What about NUL? (was: alt 255 ; question)
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