Sharp MZ-80B Owner's Manual page 49

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2.2.1 Main keyboard
The main keyboard is operated in a manner similar to that of an ordinary typewriter. One differ-
ence is that the main keyboard has three operating modes; another is that several control keys are
provided (the stippled keys in Figure 2.8 are the control keys).
[DDDDDDDDDD] TAPE CONTROL
FIGURE 2.8 Main keyboard and its control keys
Three operation modes are as follows:
[ 1 ] Normal mode
[2] Graphic mode
[3] Reverse mode
Some of these keys produce different characters according to operation mode, as shown in
Figure 2.9. Except under special circumstances,
characters input from the main keyboard are dis-
played on the screen in the position where cursor is located.
reverse mode
normal mode
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hold down
I
SHIFT
hold down
I
SHIFT
b
- - - - graphic mode
FIGURE 2.9 Different characters of a key