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Katakana-Unique Shift Keys (IBM Enhanced Keyboard)
The Katakana keyboard has two keyboard operating modes; alphanumeric and
Kana. Switching the keyboard operation mode can be done by pressing the
Alphanumeric/Kana (
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key. If you are in the Kana mode, pressing this
key changes the mode to alphanumeric mode.
In alphanumeric keyboard operation mode, you can use the keyboard like a U.S.
English keyboard. In Kana operation mode, you can use it like a Kana
keyboard. In each mode, there are two shifts available; shift up and shift lock.
Figure 4-2 shows the relationship between the shift status (including capslock)
and the characters on the key top.
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There are two Shift Lock keys: alphanumeric and Katakana. These two Shift
Lock keys are used to:
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Enter a continuous alphanumeric or Katakana data stream from the
keyboard.
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Force either Katakana-shift lock or alphanumeric shift lock, which overrides
any host-specified shift status.
The following table shows the operating status line symbol for each shift or shift
lock status in each keyboard operation mode.
Chapter 4. The IBM Enhanced Keyboard
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