Re: IIc buttons above keyboard?

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <5ddp00$dqi@griffin.itc.gu.edu.au>,
Kevin Grant <K.Grant@its.gu.edu.au> wrote:

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>Had a look in the FAQ but couldn't find the answer so I thought I'd
>ask here.

   Hmmm. Guess I need to put that in then.

>What do the two thin buttons just above the keyboard to the right of
>the reset button do on the IIc. The first is marked 80/40 and I assume
>this has something to do with the built in 80 coumn card - Does it
>switch the card on and off?

   No, just sets a flag that any program that bothers can take your
choice under consideration. 99.9% of all apps run at what the
programmer set them to do, not the user.

>The other has a 3x3 block of black squares - I have a dim recollection from 
>when I first owned a IIc that this had something to with the using the Dvorak 
>keyboard layout.

   I think that's it.

Nathan Mates
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