At 6:57 PM +0000, 10/6/02,   (Lightning Raider)  observed:

>  The first computer I used on-line was a Sharp MZ700 (old 8 bit Z80 CPU
>  machine).
>  As there was no proper software written for it and it had a wierd ASCII the
>  bl**dy machine would only WORK IN UPPER CASE when I was using it on-line to
>  bulletin boards..............
>  Of course, there was no rule about only using lower case then, one was just
>  pleased to be able to use a computer with a telephone line.


  Spoken like somebody on digest.  (This subject was ruled off-limits 
ages ago. Sorry you missed it, interesting anecdote, nevertheless.)
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  Paul (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) "the ^�^ weasel"
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