Commodore PET - Compact Keyboard

The PET has two character sets. The "standard" character set has
capital (upper case) letters typed in unshifted mode, and the shifted mode
prints the graphie characters. The "alternate" character set gives upper
and
lower case letters but eliminates some graphie characters. If you have the
graphies keyboard, the standard character set
is active whenever the PET is
powered up.lf you have the CBM, however, the alternate character set is ac-
tive
on power-up. The selection of standard or alternate character set is deter-
mined by the value contained in a particular system location that vou can change.
This feature
is described in detail in Chapter 5. For now. if Vou have the CSM. type
in the
following statement:
POKE 59468.12
This activates the character set
with graphies on CSM units. Unless stated
otherwise, this book assumes that the graphies character set
is being used.
ln the following key descriptions. and throughout this book. individual keys
from the keyboard are illustrated. To avoid confusion.
we have used keys from just
one type of keyboard - the compact keyboard. You will find these keys virtually
identical to the legends
on the full size keys. Thus Vou should have no trouble
recognizing
which key is intended on your full size keyboard when vou see the
corresponding key from the compact keyboard.
Compact Keyboard
The compact keyboard is illustrated in Figure 2-4.
Figu le 2-4. Compact PET Keyboard
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