Re: Delete key or me?

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

ricuoS <Soucirdeletethisbit@hotmail.com> wrote:

> I recently was given an Apple IIe with 2 Disk IIs attached, and a color
> monitor.  I sucessfully booted from the "Apple II System Disk 3.2" I
> downloaded from the Apple site (I made a 5.25" floppy with an Apple IIe
> card in my LC 575), and exited to BASIC.  But when I am typing in BASIC,
> whenever I hit the "Delete" key, it outputs a solid square (much like
> the blinking cursor square) on the screen.  I can only get rid of these
> characters (and other typing mistakes, for that matter) by using the
> left arrow key and typing over them.

This is normal behaviour for the Apple IIe.

I don't recall whether the IIc behaves the same way, but when I got my
first IIgs, I was pleasantly surprised to find that the delete key
behaved like backspace while in Applesoft BASIC (and other programs
which use the same line input routine).