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F.
THE
DISPLAY
Press ON.
Th•
"glass wi
ndow
"
part
of
the
computer
is
called the
"display,"
It looks
someth
ing
l
ike
this:
[ >
...
PRO
•
On
the display
you
should see an ) (called a
"prompt"),
several words
or
abbreviations, and
a
dot
(indi
cating
that
the
bat
tery
is
funct
ioning).
Do
not
be
conce
r
ned
if
the
specific
ab
br
evia·
tions appea<i
ng
on
yo
ur display are
no
t
tho
se
of
our
i
llustration.
These
sy
m
bols
change as
you
operate
SHAnP.
G. The CURSOR and
the
PROMPT
At
the
far
le
ft
of
the
display, find t
he
prompt
symb
ol(
> ); it
pro
mpts
you
to
talk
to
SHARP.
When
the
"pro
1n
pt"
appears
it
mea
r)s
SHARP
h
as
no
immedi
ate
plans
and
a\•1aits
you
r bidding.
T
ype
a letter of yo
ur
cho
ice.
It
replaces > a t the l
eft
of
the
display. while
to
the right
of
you
r
le
tt
er appears a _
(unde
rl
ine
s
ym
bol).
Th
is is a curs
or
. As
you
press each
key.
the
curso
r inches
its w
ay
acr
oss
th
e display, in
dicati
ng .,.,here the ne
>:
t sym
bol
you
typ
e
will
appear.
Type
yo
ur name
a
nd
not
e the movement of the cursor.
If
yo
u
type
mor
e than 25 c
ha
r
acte
rs, the li
mit
that
can
be
display
ed
at one
tim
e
the
ent
ire line
shifts left.
(Try
it!}. Characters
"pushed
off"
the screen
arc
n
ot
l
os
t:
they
remain in
SHA
RP
as
part
of the
~y pe d
line,
up
to
a
maximum
of
80
cha
r
act
ers
t'
or
any
single line. We will s
ee
how
to
"recall"
and
hO\Y
to
change these characters
~
n
a lat
er
sect
ion.
H.
CLEAR
(The red lcLI key in
th
e
upperr
i
ght
corn e
r~
Push
this
button
and
you
Cl
ear
the d isplay
of
its
con
t
ent
s. Use it
to
erase
the
characters
t
hat
yo
u just ·
typ
ed in. Notice t
ha
t
the
prom
pt
has
retu
rne
d, indicating
th
at the
compute
r is
again \¥aiting f
or
your
commands.
The
clear
key
is also used
to
cancel
an
inco:rrect
command.
(S
ee
the sect
ion
on
Error me
ss
ages
below).
I.
ENTER
As
you
ty
pe
into
th
e
com
p
ut
er.
th
e
le
tt
ers
or
numb
er
s appe
ar
on the display. SH
ARP
will
ta
ke
NO ACTION, however, until
you
signal
that
y
ou
have finished typing (after
all,
it
ca
n'
t read
yo
ur
mind
I.
Th
is
is
done
by
pressing
the
ENTER
key after your other keystro
ke
s.
At
this point. t
he
co
m
puter
will
scan
the
ch
aracters
you
have t
yped
for
correct
form.
Certai n
error
s,
but
by
no
m
e
ar'~S
all e
rrors.
will cause
your
i
npu
t to
be
rejec
ted.
REMEMBER: Press
the
fEH
TE
a l
key
each
time
you
'<Vish
to
enter
an
instruction
or
item
of
data
i
nt
o
the
machi
ne.
J.
ERROR MESSAGES
Press
the
fol lowing keys:
CD
G:J
o:J
! = I
Now
press I
ENTER
I.
The
answer should
be
displayed. Three, right? No?
You
get
"ERROR
1"
as
your
answer?
Is
your
compu
1
er
de
fective? Neve'! There's a mistake in
the
form
of
the
command.
"ERROR
13
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