[Coco] Underscore in Filename in DECB

[Robert Gault]

CoCo Mongrel wrote:
> OK doggonnit,
> 
> I've got some files in DECB that have what I think are stand-ins for the
> underscore character.  They appear as a right-pointing arrow [ <- (but a
> single character)].  I can't remember how to produce this character on the
> CoCo 3 keyboard in DECB.  You can get it with <alt><-> in TW128.  But I want
> to type this at the DECB command prompt.  A <shift><[down-arrow]> produces
> the character on the screen, but also apparently a carriage return.  And
> though it appears the same on the screen, I'm not sure it's the same
> character...
> 
> cocomongrel
> 

There is no right pointing arrow produced by the ROMs. There is a left 
pointing arrow <- which is what you drew in your question.
SHIFT up-arrow will produce  <-  on the screen from Basic.
The only other arrow is the up-arrow produced by the up-arrow key.