Re: Apple 2C Question

[CUTjefbla@bconnex.net (Jeff Blakeney)]

On Sat, 23 May 1998 17:48:25 GMT, edhel@LOSETHECAPITALWORDSbigfoot.com
(Edhel Iaur, Esq.) wrote:

>On 22 May 1998 02:45:22 GMT, shack@onyx.southwind.net (Randy
>Shackelford) wrote:
>
>>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.

I just tested this on my IIgs and Randy and David are right.  You do
not need to use the Apple key.

However, the part I didn't know until David posted that message about
switching to 80 column mode on the //c is that you don't need to type
PR#3 to enable the 80 column firmware when using a //c or IIgs.

On my IIgs, if I am in 40 column mode with the checkerboard cursor (80
column firmware inactive) and I press ESC then the 8 key, I am
switched into 80 column mode with the solid block cursor (80 column
firmware active).  Then I can switch back and forth between 40 and 80
column modes using the ESC, 4 and ESC, 8 keypresses respectively.

By the way, for those who don't know yet, to disable the 80 column
firmware, type ESC then press CTRL-Q.

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