Entering keyboard commands – Epson 486SX User Manual

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If you frequently use programs that require low or automatic

speed, use Setup to change the processor speed. See Chapter 2

for instructions.

If you use these programs only occasionally, you should use

the keyboard commands or the ESPEED program (described

below) to change the processor speed.

Entering Keyboard Commands

You can change the processor speed by entering one of the

following commands:

Changes the speed to high.

C h a n g e s t h e s p e e d t o l o w .

Changes the speed to low when the computer

accesses a diskette.

To enter these commands, hold down the

key and the

key and press the

key

located on the

numeric keypad.

The commands do not work if you use the

characters on the main keyboard.

Note

You can use the commands listed above while you are

running a program. However, if the program uses one of the

same commands for another function, you cannot use it to

change the processor speed. For example, if you are running

a program that uses the

command to move

the cursor, you cannot enter

to change the

processor speed to low. Another alternative is to use the

ESPEED program, described below.

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