Using a Keyboard Overlay with Student Cogo

Last Updated 06/14/00

The Student Cogo software package has been designed to allow you to operate with a keyboard overlay making the software function much like Party ChiefTM. This sheet documents the steps required to switch to and from the overlay mode of operation.

Student Cogo normally assigns only a handfull of keys, including [STO], [alpha] , [SIN] , [COS] , [TAN] , and the shifted [+] , [-] , [×] , and [÷] used for DMS math. Party Chief assigns almost every key on the keyboard. To switch to an overlay mode of operation you must assign the additional keys as used by Party Chief. To switch back to the standard softkey method of operation you must remove all the key assignments, then assign those used by Student Cogo. The following sections document how this is done.

Switching to Overlay Mode

  1. Execute the Party Chief key assignment program PKEY1. You may type this in or press [LIBRARY] {RAMS} {PKEY} . Note that LIBRARY is a right shift on a GX or a left shift on an SX. Please be patient, as assigning all the keys can take up to 25 seconds.
  2. Make sure you are in User mode with "USER" displayed at the top of the screen. If not, press [<] [alpha] to activate User mode.
  3. Please note that once you select overlay mode, the [NXT] key is assigned to the Intersection program so you will not be able to use the softkey menus as before.

Switching to Softkey Mode

  1. If User mode is on, turn it off by pressing [<] [alpha].
  2. Execute the command 0 DELKEYS to clear all key assignments. To do this type
    [alpha] 0 DELKEYS [Enter].
  3. Execute the Student Cogo Boot program PC48. You may type this in or press [LIBRARY] {RAMS} {PC48} . Note that LIBRARY is a right shift on a GX or a left shift on an SX.


Key Notation
[] Indicates an HP48 key
{} Indicates an HP48 softkey (A-F keys, bottom line of display)
[<Sft] Left Shift [Sft>] Right Shift [alpha] Alpha Key
[<] Left Arrow [>] Right Arrow [^] Up Arrow [v] Down Arrow



Revision History
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06/14/00 Freed from frames, added META