Re: Apple 2C Question

[dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

Edhel Iaur, Esq. <edhel@LOSETHECAPITALWORDSbigfoot.com> wrote:

> On 22 May 1998 02:45:22 GMT, shack@onyx.southwind.net (Randy
> Shackelford) wrote:
> 
> >Edhel Iaur, Esq. (edhel@LOSETHECAPITALWORDSbigfoot.com) wrote:
> >
> >: >Having never owned a //c I need to ask.  Does the //c enable the 80
> >: >column firmware on startup?  I was under the assumption that it worked
> >: >the same as all the other Apple II models and it didn't enable the 80
> >: >column firmware until you specifically told it to do so by typing
> >: >PR#3.
> >
> >: Yes.  Or, if you're in BASIC,
> >
> >: Esc, Apple-8
> >
> >Where does this apple-8 thing come from?
> 
> Reading my news messages too fast to be accurate :)  The Esc, Apple-8
> thing only gets you from the checkerboard cursor on a //c or IIgs.
> And, on a IIgs, you can't use Esc, Apple-4 on a IIgs until its
> 80-column firmware is on.

Randy's query is quite valid: where does this apple-8 thing come from?

You don't need to press the Apple key.  The command is simply Esc 8 (or
Esc 4); in both cases, press the Escape key, then press the digit after
releasing Esc (like all other escape mode commands).

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