Vector Basic Interpreter Basic 80 Reference Manual - page 13
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The
BASIC-SO
character
set
is
comprised
of
alphabetic
characters, numeric characters and special characters.
The alphabetic characters in BASIC-SO are the upper case and
lower case letters of the alphabet.
The numeric characters in BASIC-SO are the digits 0
through
9.
The following
special
characters
and
terminal
keys
are
recognized by BASIC-SO:
return> Name BIaiik Semicolon Equal sign or assignment symbol Plus sign Minus sign Asterisk or multiplication symbol Slash or division symbol Up arrow or exponentiation symbol Left parenthesis Right parenthesis Percent Number (or pound) sign Dollar sign Exclamation point Left bracket Right bracket Comma Period or decimal point Single quotation mark (apostrophe) Colon Ampersand Question mark Less than Greater than Backslash or integer division symbol At-sign Underscore Deletes last character typed. Escapes Edit Mode subcommands. See Section 2.16. Moves print position to next tab stop. Tab stops are every eight columns. Moves to next physical line. Terminates input of a line. Deletes last character typed, and erases it from screen.