Atari 800XL

There are 29 graphics
characters built into the
keyboard for when you
want to brighten up a
chart, create a work of
computer art, or even do
a little video doodling,
Advanced programmers
may find many uses for
the characters,
You can display gra-
phic characters on the TV
screen by pressing
CONTROL and the keys
shown below, If you want
to produce a number of
graphics characters. get
into the CONTROL LOCK
mode by pressing CON-
TROL and CAPS. Get out
of the CONTROL LOCK
mode by pressing CAPS
only for lower-case char-
acters or SHIFT CAPS for
upper-case characters,
When switching from
the international charac-
ter mode (see next page),
use this BASIC poke:
POKE 756, 224 [Press
RETURN]
Then .press CONTROL
and the keys shown
below to display graphic
characters on the TV
screen,