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Next, press the
key
labeled
(above).
Type a different letter. Then press
see the character erase?
(P' to again. without shifting, you're getting DELETE. Shifting
would get you INSERT.)
Play a little game where you type in more letters and DELETE them
too.
Remember that no matter what key you press,
the insides of your PET by normal keyboard operation.
is not intended to survive hard falls or attacks with sharp objects - but
with normal care it will give you years of service.) Do not ever be afraid to
experiment.
Test out the keyboard by trying the following sequence of key-
strokes. Don't worry about making typing mistakes; you already
know how to correct them.
Exercise 1 - Testing the keyboard
The
key is a special signal to PET that you have finished
RETURN]
typing a line and it should do something with it. This feature allows
you to edit the line and get it correctly typed before your PET can
act on it.
The important thing about this exercise is to get the following dis-
play on the screen after you've done:
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key in use
on the keyboard illustration
again. Did you
there is no way to damage
(Of course, PET
key to erase the last character typed, as we explained
the
earlier. But what if you typed something wrong at the beginning of the
line? You could delete characters back to that point, then retype.
But there is an easier way: PET has a feature called screen edit
which allows you to move the cursor to any position on the line and at that
point either insert, delete, or retype.
(The movement of the cursor is non-destructive to the characters
over which it passes. The characters will not be deleted or changed
as you more the cursor around on the screen.)
Locate this row of keys on top of the right hand numeric keypad.
These are all double function keys, their action depending on
whether or not a
key is used. Press the labeled
SHIFT]
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key top. See the cursor move to the top left corner of the screen'? This
is the "HOME" position.
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