Commodore 16 User Manual
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GRAPHICS CHARACTERS
You
should remember from
Chapter 2 that each
letter
key contains 2
different graphic characters,
as do
the
@.
-, ",
and £ keys
for
a total
of 62
different
graphic characters To print these graphic characters,
you
must hold down
the shift
or
O
keys
while
you press the key
tor
the
graphics symbol
you
want.
Whet your Commodore
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is not in typing mode, hold down
and press
a
tetter key lo
print
the graphics character on the right side of
that
letter
key These
characters include
the
playing
card suits, a
solid
and
a
hollow ball,
and a set
of lines
and
connecting characters that
you
can use to draw many different pictures on your screen.
The
O
key
pressed
with
a
tetter
key
always
produces the graphic
character pictured on the left fronl ol Ihe key The left side graphics are
an
assortment of bars, souares, lines and blocks, uselul In drawing
charts
and graphs.
Pick a Card, Any Card
Here is an example
to help
give
you a better idea ol how to use the
graphic characters
to
create representations. Follow these instructions
to
create
a
playing card, in this
case
the six of hearts.
First, change the cursor colour
to
red. Hold down the
with Ihe
"3"
key lo change the cursor colour.
Key along
u
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Now it's
time
lo
draw
Ihe top edge of the
card: Press
the mutt loci
key
so that
it
stays
down Press
"U".
followed
by the ' C" key 5
times,
and
then
the
T.
B
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To draw the
left side:
Keeping the shift loot
down,
go to
the space
directly beneath the curved edge
(where you pressed the "U"
in
the
last
step.
Press the "B" key.
then cursor to Ihe space
directly
beneath Ihe
line segment you just
drew and press "B"
again. Do
this until you've
pressed
the
"B"
key a total ol 7
limes. (Using the
cursor keys win be
tough
at
first; you'll gel
belter with practice.)
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To draw the bottom edge.
Similar to Ihe lop edge,
you
press
"J" once
and then
press
the "C" key
5 times,
finishing off with the "K" key.
To
draw Ihe
right
edge:
Draw Ihis in the same
fashion as the
left
edge,
pressing Ihe
'B'
key
a
total of 7 times
(while
cursoring
lo the
appropriate
place).
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