WHOOPEE!

WHAT, NO APOSTROPHE? ON SOME OLDER UNIX SYSTEMS, IF YOU LOG IN USING AN ALL-CAPS NAME, THEY GO INTO "PRINTING TERMINAL" MODE. (WHEN THEY ASK FOR YOUR PASSWORD, THEY HAVE ALREADY SWITCHED MODES.) THEN, LETTERS WILL BE ENTERED IN LOWERCASE EXCEPT WHEN PRECEEDED BY A BACKSLASH. THERE MAY BE A SIMILAR TECHNIQUE ON YOUR (DEC?) SYSTEM. NOTE THAT ALL "ACTUAL" BACKSLASHES (THOSE SENT TO THE APPLICATION, RATHER THAN BEING PROCESSED BY THE TERMINAL DRIVER) MUST BE DOUBLED. WARNING -- MANY NEWER UNIX SYSTEMS APPEAR TO SUPPORT THIS MODE BUT ACTUALLY DON'T (BACKSLASHES WON'T WORK). TRY WITH A REGULAR TERMINAL FIRST. TELL US IF YOUR TERMINAL WILL RECEIVE LOWERCASE LETTERS EVEN THOUGH IT WON'T SEND THEM -- because writing in all caps makes my eyes hurt. (THE END OF THE LAST SENTENCE WAS IN LOWERCASE). -- DEREK