Commodore 64 User Manual page 22

CURSOR LEFT/RIGHT KEY
This is the key with the letters CRSR and the
arrows pointing right and left, located at the
lower right side of the keyboard. Now let's
move the cursor to the right on the screen.
To do this, press the CURSOR LEFT/RIGHT
key nine times. The blinking cursor should
now appear two lines below the S in the
word BYTES.
SCREEN 1
Now, hold the same key down. What
happens when it gets to the end of the line?
It jumps over to the left side of the screen and
down one line to continue merrily on its way.
This is called wrap-around, meaning that the
cursor wraps around the back of the screen
and starts at the beginning of the next line.
SCREEN 2
Hold the key down for a bit, but let go of the
key before the cursor reaches the bottom of
the screen.
SCREEN 3
(NOTE: If you have accidentally made the
cursor go to the bottom of your screen and
watched in horror as the sign-on message
scrolls off the top of the screen and disap
pears, don't panic. Just turn your computer off
and back on again. The sign-on message will
reappear, and you can do the exercise again.)
Where are you on the screen now? How can
you get back to your original position? If you
only want to go back a short way, hold down
either of the SHIFT keys at the same time that
you press the CURSOR LEFT/RIGHT key. Each
time you press the two keys together (called
shifted cursor left), you move one space to the
left, instead of to the right. Now hold down
both keys and watch your cursor retrace its
steps to the left and back up the screen, line
by line.
SCREEN 4
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SCREEN 2
Once the cursor reaches the end of a line. It
wraps to the beginning of the next line.
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SCREEN 3
Holding down the CURSOR LEFT/RIGHT key
moves the cursor repeatedly to the right.
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SCREEN 4
SHIFT plus the CURSOR LEFT/RIGHT key
moves the cursor to the left.
CURSOR LEFT/RIGHT key
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