Features Of The Alternate Character Set - Commodore PET User Manual

fEATURES Of THE ALTERNATE CHARACTER SET
ln alternate character mode. the 26 alphabetic keys will print lower-
case alphabetics. Shifted punctuation and special symbol keys print the graphie
symbols because there are no lower-case punctuation marks. The shaded keys in
the compact keyboard diagram below are the keys which remain unchanged;
some special symbols are rearranged on the full size keyboards. Notice that nearly
the entire top and bottom rows and the entire numeric keyboard are not affected.
Four keys in the upper right side of the keyboard print a unique special
symbol when shifted. instead of the standard graphie character. These four
are shaded in the diagram below:
ln shifted alternate mode. these keys print:
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