Re: Color monitor with ]

[hall@hal.brooks.af.mil (Charles Hall)]

In message <Edina1996Jul23.172348.19178@news3.idirect.com.compulink.com>, 
misty@idirect.com (Sid Stulberg) writes:

>May I ask that we stop using ][ in the file title to designate the Apple
>II?  Apple's prodos will not recognize anything except letters and
>numerals in file or message titles and it is impossible to delete any
>topics that use ][.  Thank you.
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Message titles are handled within the news/mail application programs, not by 
Prodos directly.  These programs should have access to the full ASCII character 
set, so if they do not handle [ or ], that is a deficiency in those programs.  
Having worked with systems from micros to mainframes since 1978, I can 
sympathize with a user stuck with software that does not allow the full ASCII 
character set.  However, the ][ was the way it was and is used on early Apples. 
We here eliminate from consideration software that has such arbitrary 
restrictions on characters.  If you chose to use software that limits you, that 
is your choice and the rest of the world should not have to change their ways 
to accommodate you.

Charles Hall
Epi. Lab
Brooks AFB, Texas
(opinions are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of any organization 
or other person.)