Controlling The Input From The Keyboard - IBM 5110 User Manual

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CONTROLLING THE INPUT FROM THE KEYBOARD
The following illustration shows the positions on the alphameric
ke,yboard of the uppercase alphameric characters, the APL symbols,
the APL keywords, and the special character combinations:
Note:
The special character combinations are engraved on the front of
the appropriate key on the 5110 keyboard. If the 5110 is a
combination APL/ BASIC machine, the special APL character
combinations are below the BASIC keywords.
When you turn the 5110 power on, the 5110 is in standard APL
character mode. That is, you enter the uppercase alphabetic
characters without using the shift
~
key. the APL symbols
using the shift key, and the APL keywords and special character
combinations using the CMD key. For example, if you press:
The character A is entered from
the keyboard.
~ ~O~A~
Q~
The character a is entered from
the keyboard.
The character combination OWA
is entered from the keyboard.