"BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> wrote in message 
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> "Lol" <lol@NOJUNKMAILblueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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>> "Old School" <tmilan@sprynet.com> wrote in message
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>>> I have a Satellite 5005 laptop and the 7 key on the keyboard appears
>>> to have gone completely dead (I am posting this note through another
>>> computer). There is not output from the pressing the key, whether
>>> using shift, alt or Fn.  Nothing else on the keyboard is affected. This 
>>> is not a heavily used key and I can't recall any incident that
>>> would have called it to malfunction. I just turned on the PC and it
>>> no longer worked. Any suggestions?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Terry
>> Um.. I had this great idea that ALT + 55 (on the numeric keypad) will
>> generate the ASCII code for a "7", but then there's no keypad on a
>> laptop. Next....
>>
>> Lol
>
> Sure you can. (Fn+ALT)+M+I+I
>
> --
> Bill
> HP AMD 1.2GHZ 386MB (Windows XP)

In the early days of computing, did we used to have to type in the ASCII 
codes in binary, on our keypunches?
I can't remember any more.
It'll never catch on anyway...
Lol