the 1:lIIlrl.'tlllli key in the shifted mode will allow you to automatically
load a program from tape.
[I COMMODORE KEY
The Commodore key
~ performs a number of functions. First, it
allows you to move between the text and graphic display modes.
When the computer is first turned on, it is in the Upper Case/Graphic
mode, that is, everything you type is in upper case letters. As was men-
tioned, using the IDIIiI key in this mode will display the graphic on the
right side of the keys.
If you hold down the ~ key and EmI key, the display will change
to upper and lower case. Now, if you hold down the ~ key and any
other key with a graphic symbol, the graphic shown on the left side of
the key will be displayed.
To get back into the upper case/graphic mode hold down the ~ key
and IDIIiI key again.
The second function of the
~ key is to allow you access to a second
set of eight text colors. By holding down the ~ key and any of the
number keys, any text now typed will be in the alternate color available
from the key you depressed. Chapter 5 lists the text colors available
from each key.
BACK TO NORMAL
Now that you've had a chance to look over the keyboard, let's explore
some of the Commodore 64's many capabilities.
If you still have the color bars on the screen from adjusting your TV
set, hold IDIIiI and 11:I1:'Jllm,l... The screen should clear and the cursor
will be positioned in the "home" spot (upper left-hand corner of the
screen).
Now, simultaneously hold
~ and the. key. This sets the text color
back to light blue. There is one more step needed to get everything back
to normal. Hold ami and EJ(Zero not Oh I). This sets the display mode
back to normal. If you remember, we turned REVERSEtype on with the
EmI.to create the color bars (the color bars were actually reversed
spaces). If we were in the normal text mode during the color test, the
cursor would have moved, but just left blank spaces.
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