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Gemini User’s Manual
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a bcdef
ARCDEFGHIJKLMNGPQRSTlJVWXYZC\l’.~-’
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Figure 3-4.
The Self-Test prints the uppercase alphabet in the first
line, 10 characters per inch. In Chapter 5, you’ll learn how to print larger
and smaller letters (from 5 to 17 characters per inch).
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In Figure 3-4, the characters coded “a” and “c” are “brackets:’
These are sometimes used in the same manner as parentheses.
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The character coded “b” is a “reverse slash” - the mirror-image
of the “slash” in Figure 3-3. The next character, “ * :’ is a compute
symbol for depressing the “control key” on your keyboard. It can-
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also be used for a circumflex or exponentiation. Completing this
set of characters, the character coded “e” is the “underlining” for
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a single character, and “f” represents the “opening single
quotation” mark.
In Figure 35, the “lowercase” equivalents of the “uppercase”
letters in Figure 3-4 are presented. These letters are also 10
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characters per inch (CPI) in the Self-Test. Following the lowercase
letters in this figure are four characters coded “a” through “dl’ The
first and third are “braces:’ which provide an alternative to
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parentheses and brackets, especially in grouping mathematical
terms. The symbol coded “b” is a special scientific symbol, to
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which you may assign meaning according to its use. Finally, the
character marked “d” is the tilde sign or diacritical mark.
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