Atari800MacX Help

Keyboard Layout



The image below shows the actual keyboard of an Atari XE model:




Differences among other models:
The general philosophy in keyboard layout is to assign the functionality (not the location) of the Atari key to the equivalent Macintosh keyboard key.
Macintosh Keystroke
Atari Keystroke
Description
Esc                   
F2                    
F3                     
F4                    
F5                   
Pause Break
F15 (non-Apple)          
Backquote `
0-9                   
Shift+2               
Shift+6               
Shift+7               
Shift+8               
-                     
Shift+’-‘             
=                     
Shift+’=’             
Backspace             
Tab                   
A-Z                   
[                     
]                     
Caps Lock             
Shift+Caps Lock       
;                     
Shift+’;’             
'                     
Shift+’”’             
Enter                 
Shift+’<’             
Shift+’>’             
\                     
Shift+’\’             
Insert                
Shift+Insert          
Home                  
Page Up               
Delete                
Shift+Delete          
End                   
                      
Page Down             
Left Arrow            
Right Arrow           
Up Arrow              
Down Arrow    
Esc  
Option  
Select  
Start  
Reset  
Break 
Break
Break
0-9  
Shift+8               
Shift+’*’             
Shift+6               
*                     
-  
Shift+’-’             
=  
+                     
Backspace  
Tab  
A-Z  
Shift+’,’             
Shift+’.’             
Caps  
Shift+Caps  
;  
Shift+’;’             
Shift+7               
Shift+2               
Return  
<                     
>                     
Shift+’+’             
Shift+’=’             
Control+’>’           
Shift+’>’             
Shift+’<’             
Shift+Caps  
Control+Backspace     
Shift+Backspace       
Inverse (XL/XE)/
Atari key (800)  
Help (XL/XE)  
Control+’+’           
Control+’*’           
Control+’-’           
Control+’=’           









types ‘@’ 
types ‘^’ 
types ‘&’ 
types ‘*’ 
  
types ‘_’ 
  
types ‘+’ 
  
  
  
types ‘[‘ 
types ‘]’ 
  
  
  
types ‘:’ 
types '
types ”
  
types ‘<’ 
types ‘>’ 
types ‘\’ 
types ‘|’ 
nserts space
inserts line
clears screen
  
deletes char
deletes line

  
  
cursor left
cursor right
cursor up
cursor down

Macintosh Key 5200 Keypad Key
F4
P
R
0-9 (either keypad or regular)
* (either keypad or regular)
- (either keypad or regular)
Shift
Joystick Fire
Start
Pause
Reset
0-9
*
#
2nd Button
1st Button

Note: The same keys are used for all 5200 controllers, that is, pressing a key presses it on all controllers simultaneously.