Entering Lowercase Alphabetic Characters - IBM 5110 Basic Introduction

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Entering lowercase Alphabetic Characters
Although only the standard BASIC alphabetic characters are shown on
the 5110 keyboard, you can enter lowercase alphabetic characters by
changing the 5110 to lowercase character mode. One way to change
the 5110 to lowercase character mode is to press the HOLD key (the
characters HOLD are displayed in the lower left corner of the screen),
then hold down the SHIFT'key and press the scroll down
II
key,
The 5110 is now in lowercase character mode. For example, press
the
Q
key. The display screen looks like this:
k
Now, hold down the shift
key and press the
Q
key. The
display screen looks like this:
kK
Finally, hold down the command
key and press the
Q
key. The display screen looks like this:
kK'
In this example, you are
not
going to execute the data just entered
from the keyboard, Instead, press the scroll up
II
key once to
remove the data from the input line. Now, to return the 5110 to the
standard BASIC character mode, press the HOLD key, and then hold
down the shift key and press the scroll up . . key, The
5110 is now in standard BASIC character mode.
Note:
All the entries in this manual are entered in standard BASIC
character mode.
()
,\,
...
,,'
,.()
12
Entering lowercase Alphabetic Characters
Although only the standard BASIC alphabetic characters are shown on
the 5110 keyboard, you can enter lowercase alphabetic characters by
changing the 5110 to lowercase character mode. One way to change
the 5110 to lowercase character mode is to press the HOLD key (the
characters HOLD are displayed in the lower left corner of the screen),
then hold down the SHIFT'key and press the scroll down
II
key,
The 5110 is now in lowercase character mode. For example, press
the
Q
key. The display screen looks like this:
k
Now, hold down the shift
key and press the
Q
key. The
display screen looks like this:
kK
Finally, hold down the command
key and press the
Q
key. The display screen looks like this:
kK'
In this example, you are
not
going to execute the data just entered
from the keyboard, Instead, press the scroll up
II
key once to
remove the data from the input line. Now, to return the 5110 to the
standard BASIC character mode, press the HOLD key, and then hold
down the shift key and press the scroll up . . key, The
5110 is now in standard BASIC character mode.
Note:
All the entries in this manual are entered in standard BASIC
character mode.
()
,\,
...
,,'
,.()