On Thu, 31 Dec 1998, Sam Ismail wrote:
> On Fri, 1 Jan 1999, Andrew Davie wrote:
>
> > This custom seemed to disappear in the mid 80s. Sometimes I get to thinking
> > of the things that have changed, and when and why. Another example that
> > comes to mind - I quite clearly remember about 10 years ago thinking how
> > useless the tilde (~) was on a keyboard. Of course, now we are all
> > net-bound it's used all the time. I wonder if there are other examples of
> > ins/outs that you oldies remember and would care to share. Things that were
> > ubiquitous and no longer with us.
>
> Well, certainly the '_at_' symbol was entirely useless until internet e-mail.
> And how many people actually use function keys any more in the age of the
> GUI and mouse?
Well, they are quite handy with a shell account and Lynx!
- don
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