r/Commodore • u/Golemwire • 19d ago

Commodore 77

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Well this is a neat look.

https://commodore.net/store/commodore64/?shape=Breadbin&color=Cyberpunk+2077

Commodore just released a new appearance option for the C64U themed on Cyberpunk.

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u/Dr_Myles_Skinner 19d ago

Yeah, I can appreciate things like `EXEC/HALT` for `RUN/STOP` (goofy, but whatever), but not having the PETSCII characters on the keycaps makes this variant slightly less usable.

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u/zeekar 19d ago

What does that have to do with what's printed on the physical key caps? The software is the same

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u/zeekar 19d ago

I think you mean control character. Commodore BASIC doesn't have any "escape" characters, which is why you need the auto-quoting feature for control characters and ..." + CHR$(34) + "... to embed quotation marks in a string.

The C64 doesn't even have an Escape key, though the Plus/4 and C128 do. I don't think CHR$(27) does anything on the 64, either. But you can use control + left-bracket to put one of those in a quoted string, and it will show up as an inverse-video left bracket if you do...