Epson HX-20 NOW IS THE TIME F, Clearing the screen, automatic scrolling, Automatic scrolling, Typing on the virtual screen

Clearing the screen

You can erase the entire virtual screen, just by pressing a single key:

This clears the virtual screen, and homes the cursor.

Typing on the virtual screen

Typing on the virtual screen is as easy as...well, as easy as typing. For example, let’s say you want to type the expression, “NOW IS THE TIME FOR ALL GOOD MEN TO COME TO THE AID OF THEIR PARTY.” (Don’t type anything yet.) You’ve just pressed the q key, so you’re looking at a blank screen, with a cursor in the upper left corner.

To begin typing the expression, press the I”] key. Two things will happen: first, an “N” will appear on the screen at the cursor location, and the cursor will move one space to the right. So the screen will change from this:

to this:

The cursor shows you where the next character will appear. Each time you press a letter, number, or punctuation key, the corresponding character appears on the screen at the cursor location, and the cursor moves one space to the right.

This cursor behavior will continue for a while. When the cursor nears the right edge of the screen, however, something called automatic scrolling will occur.

Automatic scrolling

When you have typed the first 17 letters of the expression, your screen will look like this:

NOW IS THE TIME F-

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