IBM 5110 User Manual page 66

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You can also enter lowercase alphabetic characters from the keyboard.
To do this, you use one of the following procedures:
• Use the keying sequence:
1. Press the
key.
2. Hold down the
(shift) key and press the
II
(scroll
down) key.
• Enter the following statement to use the console control (OCC)
system function:
/
A 3 as the left argument specifies that the DeC system
function is used to change the character mode.
]
[ICC :I.
LpeCifies lowercase alphabetic characters. (See the
IBM 5110 APL Reference Manual, SA21-9303, for a
complete description of the DeC system function.)
Once the 5110 is in lowercase character mode, you enter the
lowercase alphabetic characters without using the shift key, the
uppercase alphabetic characters using the shift key, and APL
symbols using the CMD key. For example, if you press:
The character a is entered from
the keyboard.
~ QD~A~
Q~
The character A is entered from
the keyboard.
The character a: is entered from
the keyboard.
You cannot enter the special character combinations using the CMD
key and a single key when the 5110 is in lowercase character mode.
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