Commodore Plus 4 - PROGRAMMABLE FUNCTION KEYS

PROGRAMMABLE
FUNCTION
KEYS
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The four keys at the top of your keyboard are special function keys that
let you save time by performing repetitive tasks with the stroke of just
one key.
You can display what each key does by typing KEY and pressing
RETURN.
The screen displays:
GRAPHIC"
'DLOAD1'-CHR${34)
DIRECTORY" + CHR${13)
SCNCLR"-CHR${13)
DSAVE"-CHR${34)
KEY
KEY1
KEY 2
KEY 3
KEY 4
KEY 5
KEY 6
KEY7,"LIST"-CHR$(13)
KEY8I"HELP"+CHR$(13)
Here's what each key does:
KEY 1 enters one of the GRAPHICS modes when you supply the
number of the graphics area (e.g., GRAPHICS 2, which is
split screen, high resolution mode) and a RETURN . On
computers with built-in software. KEY 1 is redefined so that
pressing it activates the software package
KEY 2 prints DLOAD" on the screen. All you do is enter the
program name to oa:; a program from :i Bk and hit
RETURN instead of typing out DLOAD yourself.
KEY 3 lists a DIRECTORY of files on the disk in the disk drive.
KEY 4 clears the screen (even in one of the graphics modes.)
KEY 5 prints DSAVE " on the screen. All you do is enter the
program name to save the current program on disk and
press RETURN
KEY 6 RUNs the current program.
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