Commodore 16 User Manual page 11

A TOUR
OF THE
KEYBOARD
Mosl
ol the
keys on
your
Commodore
16
keyboard
are
identical lo Ihe
keys on a
typewriter, but each key can do
more
than
a typewriter
key
In
this section,
you'll
learn
how
to
use
special
keys
like the <K
key and
the
four separate cursor keys. This section
will
show
you
the extra
features ol
every
key. including
how
to
use
the graphic
symbols
pictured on
the fronts of
many
ol
me
keys With
each
explanation
of
Ihe
different keys
on
your computer
keyboard,
you
should find the
keys
ana
pracfice using them.
Using Your Keyboard
Like a Typewriter
When
you
ftrsl
type
letters
on
your computer, they appear as
capitals
on
the screen
The
letters
and numbers
appear on
the
screen
exactly
as they appear
on
the
face of
Ihe key
when
you press
the
key
by
itself.
Also, several olher keys
{+.
-.
,
@.
*,
and
E
)
may
be
typed
alone. Most
punctuation
marks need
lo
be typed
with
Ihe
shift Key
If
you want
to
do
some
"regular"
typing,
you can
type
in capital
and
lowercase
letters {like you
would on
a typewriter)
by pressing
the
shift key
and
the
O
-,ey
at the
same
time. After you do
this, all
l
etter k
eys typed alone are printed
in
lowercase.
When
you
press the
start key along
with a
letter,
you
get
a capital
letter.
Numbers and
punctuation keys work
the
same
as
they
would
in
regular (non-typing)
mode
To
gel out of typing mode,
just
press the
two keys shift and
C*
)
together again.
KEY +
KEY =
+ A
+
A
ENTER OR
EXIT
TYPING
MODE
=
A
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Special
Keys
Several keys on your
Commodore 16 keyboard
behave
quite
differently
than any
well
brought-up typewriter
key
would even think of acting.
These
keys
act lo
enable other keys
lo
do
things
they wouldn't
ordinarily
do. or
perform luncllons related lo Ihe
business of
computing.
Your
Commodore
1
6 keyboard
also conlains special
symbols
not
found
on
many
typewriters, or
even on most computers.
These
special
symbols include
me pound
sign
(
£
),
pi
(
rr
).
greaier
and
less
than
signs
(
< >
>
brackets
< [ |
),
and
arrows
f
—
t )
These special
symbols keys
are often
used
in
writing
programs on your
Commodore
16.
RETURN
You nave
lo
press Ihe BETtraM
key
at
the
end
of
each
line
of
instructions
you
enter
on your
Commodore
16 keyboard
You might
think of this
key as
an
ENTER
key
because
WORK
actually enters
information
and Instructions into
your
computer
You've already
come
across
an
example
of
me
SHIFT Key
in
aclion In
using your
keyboard
like
a
typewrite That
is
typical ol the
«BWT
key
it
is
always used
to
modify what other
keys
print
onscreen, but can't
do
anything
by
Itself
(Always
the bridesmaid, never
the bride
)
The
shift
key allows
you
lo
type
capita! letters,
graphic
symbols,
punctuation marks,
and a few olher
things—
with
a
little
help from
another key You'll
be
seeing
more
of
Ihe
SOFT
key's functions
Ihroughout
Ihis
section, for
things
such as
getting graphic
symbols
Tne
shift
lock key
ig
the
same
as the
shift
key.
except
lhal
ll
is
locked
into
place,
so you don't
have
lo hold
it
down.
When
SHFT
LOCK
is
on, every
character
you
type
Is
SHIFTED. To release
the lock,
|ust
press SHIFT
lock
again,
and
everything
you
type
is
back
to
normal
RUN/STOP
Press mis key
lo
break Into
a
running program
to
STOP
what
your
Commodore
1
6
Is
doing
When
your
computer
Is
running a
program,
pressing
this
key
gets
you back
in
control of Ihe
keyboard
When
you hold
down
me
SHIFT
and roh/stop
keys simultaneously.
Ihe
Commodore
16 loads
and runs the
first
program on a
disk in the
disk drive.
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