Keyboard Enhancements - Commodore 128D User Manual

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Keyboard
Enhancements
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Commodore has added a number of enhancements to CP/M 3.0.
These enhancements tailor the capabilities of the Commodore 128
to those of CP/M 3.0. They include such things as a selectively dis
played disk status line, a virtual disk drive, local/remote handling of
keyboard codes, programmable function keys (strings), and a num
ber of additional functions/characters that are assigned to various
keys. This section describes these enhancements.
Any key on the keyboard can be defined to generate a code or func
tion, except the following keys:
Left SHIFT key
Right SHIFT key
Commodore key
CONTROL key
RESTORE key
40-80 key
CAPS LOCK key
In defining a key, the keyboard recognizes the following special func
tions. To indicate these functions, hold down the CONTROL key and
the right SHIFT key, and press the desired function key simultane
ously.
Key
CURSOR LEFT key
CURSOR RIGHT key
ALT key
Function
Defines key
Defines string (points to function
keys)
Toggles key filter
KEYFIG
The KEYFIG utility program allows you to alter the definition of
almost ANY key on the keyboard. The only keys that you CANNOT
modify are: the SHIFT keys, the SHIFT LOCK key, the CONTROL key,
the 40/80 DISPLAY key and the COMMODORE key. At each step,
options are presented in menu form. You can scroll through the
options in the menus by using the up and down arrow keys at the top
of the keyboard; pressing the return key selects the choice that is
highlighted.
At almost any point, you can exit the program by typing 'CTRL C (the
CONTROL and C keys simultaneously).
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