IBM 5150 Technical Reference page 246

NOTE 1 Asterisk (*) can easily be keyed using two methods:
1) hit the
I
Prt. Sc
I
key or 2) in shift mode hit the
~key.
NOTE 2 Period (.) can easily be keyed using two methods:
1) hit theW key or 2) in shift or Num Lock
~
mode hit the
I
Dell key.
NOTE 3 Numeric characters (0-9) can easily be keyed
using two methods: 1) hit the numeric keys on the
top row of the typewriter portion of the keyboard
or 2) in shift or Num Lock mode hit the numeric
keys in the 1O-key pad portion of the keyboard.
NOTE 4 Upper case alphabetic characters (A-Z) can easily
be keyed in two modes: 1) in shift mode the
appropriate alphabetic key or 2) in Caps Lock
mode hit the appropriate alphabetic key.
NOTE 5 Lower case alphabetic characters (a-z) can easily
be keyed in two modes: 1) in "normal" mode hit
the appropriate key or 2) in Caps Lock
combined with shift mode hit the appropriate alphabetic
key.
NOTE 6 The 3 digits after the Alt key must be typed from
the numeric key pad (keys 71-73. 75-77,79-82).
Character codes 000 through 255 can be entered in
this fashion. (With Caps Lock activated, Character
codes 97 through 122 will display upper case
rather than lower case alphabetic characters.)
Characters, Keystrokes, and Colors 7-11