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Re: Suncom SFX Joypad! And Nettiquete question

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From: James V. Kracht
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 1995 00:00
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Jon <rein...@maroon.tc.umn.edu> wrote:
>Anybody heard of this marvel? Just saw the article at nuke 
>(http://www.nuke.com) about the suncom SFX. 

Yes, I own one. Got it at CompUSA for $24.99.

It really does do what it says. It's very cool. The ability to 
map any keybord key to one of the 8 buttons (yes, 8 -- there 
are two along the top edge of the gamepad) or to one of the 
four d-pad directions (up, down, left, right) is really great 
(so, in all, 12 "buttons"). 

>P.S., I have a question that has nothing to do with Suncom: In 
>the accepted "Nettiquete", when I have a smiley in a 
>parentheses, can I close the parentheses with a smiley? Like:
>(Hi :-)
>Or, do I need to close the parentheses with a real parentheses?
>Like (Hi :-))

You're joking, right?

If you're not, then don't be stupid. Forget you ever heard the 
word "netiquette." It's for senior citizens and people who use 
America Online.

J.
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From: "James V. Kracht" <jfu...@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: Re: Suncom SFX Joypad!  And Nettiquete question
Date: 1995/09/07
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