moyersc@ladder.cs.orst.edu (Carol Anne Moyers) (11/06/87)
How can get my C64 to type a backslash character?
jon@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Jon George Seidl) (11/09/87)
In article <927@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> moyersc@ladder.UUCP (Carol Anne Moyers) writes: > > >How can get my C64 to type a backslash >character? > You don't, unless you are using some kind of program that provides this ability (or you have changed your character set). If you need it for telecomputing, the kermit versions for the C64 offer a backslash. I believe it is under the disguise of the British pound symbol on these programs. Actually, the decimal ascii equivalent of '\' is 134. If you can find any way of sending decimal 134 through the modem, you have sent a '\'. In Kermit, here is the C64 keypress to character sent map (I think, hard to say, since I don't have my C64 in front of me at the moment): C64 Char. --- ---- Shift-minus { Shift-plus } Brit. Pound \ f1 _ f2 | f3 ` f4 ~ I believe '{' and '}' can also be found under f5 and f6 respectively. Sure hope this is what you needed, Jon --------------- \_/ \/\/ - /\/\ilwaukee BRING BACK MAX, PLEASE!!!! arpanet: jon@csd4.milw.wisc.edu bitnet: jon%csd4.milw.wisc.edu@wiscvm.bitnet UUCP: ihnp4!uwmcsd1!csd4!jon
jrg@hpirs.HP.COM (Jeff Glasson) (11/09/87)
The Pound Sterling character is the ASCII for backslash. Any terminal emulator I have seen will pass a ASCII backslash to the host if you hit the Pound Sterling key. Some emulators (kermit, VIDTEX, and others) actually display a backslash on the C64 screen. If you want a backslash for your BASIC program, you'll have to generate your own character set. Jeff Glasson
elg@killer.UUCP (11/16/87)
in article <3421@uwmcsd1.UUCP>, jon@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Jon George Seidl) says: > In article <927@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> moyersc@ladder.UUCP (Carol Anne Moyers) writes: >>How can get my C64 to type a backslash >>character? >> > You don't, unless you are using some kind of program that provides this > ability (or you have changed your character set). If you need it for > telecomputing, the kermit versions for the C64 offer a backslash. I > believe it is under the disguise of the British pound symbol on these > programs. Actually, the decimal ascii equivalent of '\' is 134. If you > can find any way of sending decimal 134 through the modem, you have sent a '\'. Actually, the character code for the english pound symbol is 134. So if your program uses the standard keyscan, hitting the english pound symbol is like hitting the backslash, although once I encountered a brain-dead program that re-mapped the english pound symbol into either the escape key or a break key. Special characters such as the curly brackets {}, squiggle ~ and back-quote `, however, are completely terminal dependent..... -- Eric Green elg@usl.CSNET Snail Mail P.O. Box 92191 {cbosgd,ihnp4}!killer!elg Lafayette, LA 70509 Hello darkness my old friend, I've come to talk with you again....