[Coco] CoCo 1/2 arrow keys versus CoCo 3 arrow keys

Jeff Teunissen deek at d2dc.net
Sat Jan 14 16:10:39 EST 2023


1/2/3/4 is the VT100 scheme. Not literally, but the VT100 arrow keys are on
the top row of the keyboard, and in that order.

On Sat, Jan 14, 2023, 3:20 PM Allen Huffman via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
wrote:

> Interesting. Rampage used more of a CoCo 1/2 layout for keyboard controls.
> Per the manual:
>
> https://colorcomputerarchive.com/repo/Documents/Manuals/Games/Rampage
> (Tandy).pdf <
> https://colorcomputerarchive.com/repo/Documents/Manuals/Games/Rampage%20(Tandy).pdf
> >
>
> …you could use ALT for up, CTRL for down, and “<“ for left and “>” for
> right.
>
> OR, you could use “1” for UP, “2” for DOWN, “3” for LEFT and “4” for
> RIGHT. What is that based on?
>


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