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📣 amichail

Do you get a symbol when pressing two cursor keys simultaneously on c64?


If so, which two cursor keys cause this and what symbol appears?


  👤 richardjam73 Accepted Answer ✓
A C64 only has two cursor keys right and down. Pressing shift changes them to left and up respectivley.

Normally pressing the cursor keys will move the cursor in that direction. However when you start typing a string with " it changes mode and cursor keys and some other key will output control codes. When you exit string editing mode again with " it changes back to normal movement.

The control codes output in string appear as inverse characters of normal symbols.

Right Inverse ]

Left Inverse Vertical Line

Down Inverse Q

Up Inverse Filled Circle