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 Your MZ-800 has got a lot of special graphic characters, which are also accessible via keyboard. To type these chars, first press the "GRAPH" key on your keyboard to switch to graphic charset mode. Each key owns two graphic chars, which can be accessed now by pressing the appropiate key (or pressing "SHIFT" and the key). You can return to the standard charset by hitting the "ALPHA" key.  Your MZ-800 has got a lot of special graphic characters, which are also accessible via keyboard. To type these chars, first press the "GRAPH" key on your keyboard to switch to graphic charset mode. Each key owns two graphic chars, which can be accessed now by pressing the appropiate key (or pressing "SHIFT" and the key). You can return to the standard charset by hitting the "ALPHA" key. 
  
 The following tables show the graphic font table and their locations (as well as their hexadecimal codes) on the keyboard as shown in the MZ-800 operating manual. The following tables show the graphic font table and their locations (as well as their hexadecimal codes) on the keyboard as shown in the MZ-800 operating manual.
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 First, you see a picture of your MZ-800's keyboard. The second image displays the mapping of graphic characters to the keyboard. There are two graphic symbols assigned to each of the keys: The left graphic char on a key can be reached by pressing the according key, the right one by pressing "SHIFT" and the key (both to be done in "GRAPH"- mode, of course). First, you see a picture of your MZ-800's keyboard. The second image displays the mapping of graphic characters to the keyboard. There are two graphic symbols assigned to each of the keys: The left graphic char on a key can be reached by pressing the according key, the right one by pressing "SHIFT" and the key (both to be done in "GRAPH"- mode, of course).
  
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 This is your MZ's keyboard. I have painted the "GRAPH" key red and the "ALPHA" key yellow, so that they are easier to find by MZ newbies :)  This is your MZ's keyboard. I have painted the "GRAPH" key red and the "ALPHA" key yellow, so that they are easier to find by MZ newbies :) 
  
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 To find a graphic char, perform the following: To find a graphic char, perform the following:
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 Simply map the desired char's key position to the keyboard shown above to find out the appropiate key.  Simply map the desired char's key position to the keyboard shown above to find out the appropiate key. 
  
 Please note: In the second image, I omitted the cursor-, "INST"- and "DEL"-keys in order to gain space, otherwise the graphic chars would have been too small to recognize them. Please note: In the second image, I omitted the cursor-, "INST"- and "DEL"-keys in order to gain space, otherwise the graphic chars would have been too small to recognize them.
  
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 But there are more graphic chars than available keys, and therefore, you need to know the chars' ASCII codes to access them programmatically. The following table provides this information, according to the MZ-800 user manual: But there are more graphic chars than available keys, and therefore, you need to know the chars' ASCII codes to access them programmatically. The following table provides this information, according to the MZ-800 user manual:
  
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 MSD is the abbreviation of the "most significant digits" of a byte, and LSD is not only a drug, but also the "least significant digits" of a byte.  MSD is the abbreviation of the "most significant digits" of a byte, and LSD is not only a drug, but also the "least significant digits" of a byte. 
  
en/hardware/keyboard.1236683652.txt.gz · Last modified: 2009/03/10 11:14 by hajdam