IBM 5150 Hardware Reference Manual

Keyboard Usage
This section is intended to outline a set of guidelines for key usage when
performing commonly used functions.
~ Table 27. Keyboard - Commonly Used Functions
FUNCTION
Home Cursor
Return to outermost menu
Move cursor up
Page up, scroll backwards
25 lines & home
Move cursor left
Move cursor right
Scroll to end of text
Place cursor at end of line
Move cursor down
Page down, scroll forwards
25 lines & home
Start/Stop insert text at
cursor, shift text right
in buffer
Delete character at cursor
Destructive bac kspace
Tab forward
Tab reverse
Clear screen and home
Scroll up
Scroll down
Scroll left
Scroll right
Delete from cursor to
EOL
Exit/Escape
Start/Stop Echo screen
to printer
Delete from cursor to
EOS
KEY(S)
HOME
HOME
i
PG UP
...- Key 75
~
END
!
PGON
INS
DEL
...- Key 14
--./
I+-
CTRL HOME
i
!
...-
~
CTRLEND
ESC
PRTSC
CTRL K55
GTRL PG
ON
COMMENT
Editors; word processors
Menu driven applications
Full screen editor, word
processor
Editors; word processors
Text, command entry
Text, command entry
Editors; word processors
Full screen editor, word
processor
Editors; word processors
Text, command entry
Text, command entry
Text, command entry
Text entry
Text entry
Command entry
In scroll lock mode
In scroll lock mode
In scroll lock mode
In scroll lock mode
Text, command entry
Editor, 1 level of menu, etc
Any time
Text, command entry
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IBM 5150 Specifications

General

Brand	IBM
Model	5150
Category	Desktop
Language	English