The "cent key"

[Travis Roy]

On Jul 8, 2007, at 11:36 AM, Jason Stephenson wrote:

> VirginSnow at vfemail.net wrote:
>
>> Now you have my $.02.  (Why isn't there a cent key on the IMB  
>> keyboard??)
>
> The spot where most typewriters (even those from IBM) have the cent  
> key
> is taken up by ^ on most computer keyboards. Interestingly, the cent
> character is not a part of the basic ASCII character set. A bit
> surprising, really, when you consider that until email came along  
> the @
> was relegated to mostly archaic uses as a short hand for "each."
>
> Just my 2d.


On my mac I can hold option $

Just my 2¢