On a regular "qwerty" keyboard, the "shift-," has always generated a "<" (less 
than) sign.  Going back to typewriters, 
asterisk "*" has always been shift of "8".

Nick

On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 01:18:37 -0400 (EDT), Laura Wolk wrote:

>Hi Terri,

>On a regular PC, isn't the asterisk the shift key plus the comma? If so, than 
>what is this keystroke on a qt keyboard, 
and why did PDI make them different? I don't use the shift numbers very much 
except for 1, 9, and 0, but isn't 8 the 
dollar sign or something? Laura


>"The most important job is not to be governor, or first lady in my case." 
>(George W.  Bush, --Pella, Iowa, San Antonio 
Express News, Jan.  30, 2000)



>>------ original message ------
>>from: "Terri Pannett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Star sign in braille

>>For people using QT keyboards, the star sign is a shift 8.

>>Terri, Amateur radio call sign KF6CA.  Army MARS call sign AAT9PX,
>>California


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