Different keyboard layouts are used by PCs and HP Workstations. Some keyboards have the softkeys down the left side of the keyboard, and some have them across the top of the keyboard. To make up for these differences and the lack of spatial coherence between the physical keys and the softkey menu, HTBasic menu labels have been numbered. This provides numerical coherence. The label numbered "1" always corresponds to the softkey with the "1" printed on it. The number is not meant to be the softkey number.
Note: to provide compatibility with programs written for the 9836 Nimitz keyboard (which starts with softkey K0), the command KBD CMODE can be used to turn on or off compatibility mode.
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