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LESSON 2COLOR AND THE KEYBOARDTurn your computer off, then on again. You are ready to start the lesson.MAKING A WHITE BACKGROUNDEnter PO KE 53281,1 The screen turns white.CAREFUL! The number has to be exactly 53281. If you use another number by mistake,the computer may get "sick" and you will have to turn it off, then on, to make it wellagain.MAKING RED LETTERSLook at the "3" key. There are three things written on it.The character "3" in the middle.The character "#" at the top.The word "RED" on the front of the key.Here are the three things this key can do:Press the "3" key. It prints 3.Hold down the SHIFT key and press "3". It prints #.Hold down the CTRL key and press "3". It changes the color.(CTRL is short for "control." The CTRL key helps control the color that is printed.)The cursor is red. Every letter we type will be red, too. Try it.20
There are eight colors on the number keys. They are:blackwhiteredcyan (blue-green)purplegreenblueyellowBLKWHTREDCYNPURGRNBLUYELType letters in different colors. Hold down the CTRL key and press one of the color keys.Now type.Try each color.TUNE THE TV FOR GOOD COLORSTune the TV color controls so that the letters you typed are the right colors.If you can make a good yellow, the rest of the colors are probably OK.RAINBOW LETTERSYou can make the computer change colors in the middle of a program. Tell the computerwhat color by using a PRINT command.Enter10REM RAINBOW20 PRINT11..."30 PRINT "POT"40 PRINT"..."50 PRINT "OF GOLD"but don't put dots in line 20 or line 40.In line 20 press CTRL and the "BLK" key instead of dots.In line 40 press CTRL and the "YEL" key instead of dots.It will look like this on the screen:20 PRINT" ■"40 PRINT" □ "Run the program. It should print "POT" in black letters and "OF GOLD" in yellow letters.21
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LESSON 2COLOR AND THE KEYBOARDTurn your computer off, then on again. You are ready to start the lesson.MAKING A WHITE BACKGROUNDEnter PO KE 53281,1 The screen turns white.CAREFUL! The number has to be exactly 53281. If you use another number by mistake,the computer may get "sick" and you will have to turn it off, then on, to make it wellagain.MAKING RED LETTERSLook at the "3" key. There are three things written on it.The character "3" in the middle.The character "#" at the top.The word "RED" on the front of the key.<strong>Here</strong> are the three things this key can do:Press the "3" key. It prints 3.Hold down the SHIFT key and press "3". It prints #.Hold down the CTRL key and press "3". It changes the color.(CTRL is short for "control." The CTRL key helps control the color that is printed.)The cursor is red. Every letter we type will be red, too. Try it.20
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