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Help: Keyboard: add some 'quick-start' info to the top of this page. (PR #1335)

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<body style="font-family: verdana; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" alink="#008000" link="#008000" vlink="#008000">
<h2 style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);">Using the Keyboard</h2>
<hr size="4">
<p>Normally to start an Apple II computer you would insert a floppy into
the floppy disk drive and power it on. If you don't have a disk inserted
the drive motor will stay on indefinitely. To enter Applesoft BASIC instead (and stop the disk
drive from spinning) you should press Ctrl+Reset. In AppleWin this sequence is
<span style="font-style: italic;">analogous</span> to pressing the following keys:</p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-weight: bold;">F2</span> (Power On), and
<li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ctrl+F2</span> or <span style="font-weight: bold;">Ctrl+Break</span> (Ctrl+Reset)
</ul>
<p>The Apple //e keyboard was very similar to the PC keyboard, and most keys
correspond directly between the two keyboards. However, there were a few keys
on the Apple //e that are not on the PC; these are described below:</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Reset</span>:<br>
On the Apple //e, you could usually press Control+Reset to interrupt a running
On the Apple //e, you could usually press Ctrl+Reset to interrupt a running
program. With the Apple //e Emulator, you may emulate this key sequence with
<span style="font-style: italic;">Ctrl+F2</span> or
<span style="font-style: italic;">Ctrl+Break</span>.