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Keyboard Scan Codes
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Keyboard Scan Codes
These are often referred to as “INKEY codes” because they are used by the INKEY? keyword in BASIC, and the corresponding OS_Byte keyboard scan calls.
| Sorted by Number | Sorted by Layout | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Key | # | Key | |
| 0 | Shift | 32 | PrintScreen | |
| 1 | Ctrl | 113 | F1 | |
| 2 | Alt | 114 | F2 | |
| 3 | Left Shift | 115 | F3 | |
| 4 | Left Ctrl | 20 | F4 | |
| 5 | Left Alt | 116 | F5 | |
| 6 | Right Shift | 117 | F6 | |
| 7 | Right Ctrl | 22 | F7 | |
| 8 | Right Alt | 118 | F8 | |
| 9 | Left mouse | 119 | F9 | |
| 10 | Center mouse | 30 | F10 | |
| 11 | Right mouse | 28 | F11 | |
| 16 | Q | 29 | F12 | |
| 17 | 3 | 65 | A | |
| 18 | 4 | 100 | B | |
| 19 | 5 | 82 | C | |
| 20 | F4 | 50 | D | |
| 21 | 8 | 34 | E | |
| 22 | F7 | 67 | F | |
| 23 | - | 83 | G | |
| 25 | Left | 84 | H | |
| 26 | 6 (keypad) | 37 | I | |
| 27 | 7 (keypad) | 69 | J | |
| 28 | F11 | 70 | K | |
| 29 | F12 | 86 | L | |
| 30 | F10 | 101 | M | |
| 31 | ScrollLock | 85 | N | |
| 32 | PrintScreen | 54 | O | |
| 33 | W | 55 | P | |
| 34 | E | 16 | Q | |
| 35 | T | 51 | R | |
| 36 | 7 | 81 | S | |
| 37 | I | 35 | T | |
| 38 | 9 | 53 | U | |
| 39 | 0 | 99 | V | |
| 41 | Down | 33 | W | |
| 42 | 8 (keypad) | 66 | X | |
| 43 | 9 (keypad) | 68 | Y | |
| 44 | Break | 97 | Z | |
| 45 | ~ (` ¬ on RiscPC and later) | 39 | 0 | |
| 46 | £ (¥ on Japanese keyboards. Not present on standard UK/US post-Arc keyboards) | 48 | 1 | |
| 47 | Backspace | 49 | 2 | |
| 48 | 1 | 17 | 3 | |
| 49 | 2 | 18 | 4 | |
| 50 | D | 19 | 5 | |
| 51 | R | 52 | 6 | |
| 52 | 6 | 36 | 7 | |
| 53 | U | 21 | 8 | |
| 54 | O | 38 | 9 | |
| 55 | P | 102 | , | |
| 56 | [ | 23 | - | |
| 57 | Up | 103 | . | |
| 58 | + (keypad) | 104 | / | |
| 59 | - (keypad) | 56 | [ | |
| 60 | Enter (keypad) | 120 | \ (# ~ on RiscPC and later (4th row, between ’ @ and Return)) | |
| 61 | Insert | 88 | ] | |
| 62 | Home | 87 | ; | |
| 63 | Pg Up | 112 | ESC | |
| 64 | Caps | 96 | TAB | |
| 65 | A | 64 | Caps | |
| 66 | X | 31 | ScrollLock | |
| 67 | F | 77 | NumLock | |
| 68 | Y | 44 | Break | |
| 69 | J | 45 | ~ (` ¬ on RiscPC and later) | |
| 70 | K | 46 | £ (¥ on Japanese keyboards. Not present on standard UK/US post-Arc keyboards) | |
| 73 | Return | 47 | Backspace | |
| 74 | / (keypad) | 61 | Insert | |
| 76 | . (keypad) | 62 | Home | |
| 77 | NumLock | 63 | Pg Up | |
| 78 | Pg Down | 78 | Pg Down | |
| 79 | " (@ on RiscPC and later) | 79 | " (@ on RiscPC and later) | |
| 81 | S | 0 | Shift | |
| 82 | C | 1 | Ctrl | |
| 83 | G | 2 | Alt | |
| 84 | H | 3 | Left Shift | |
| 85 | N | 4 | Left Ctrl | |
| 86 | L | 5 | Left Alt | |
| 87 | ; | 125 | Left Logo | |
| 88 | ] | 6 | Right Shift | |
| 89 | Delete | 7 | Right Ctrl | |
| 90 | # (keypad) | 8 | Right Alt | |
| 91 | * (keypad) | 126 | Right Logo | |
| 93 | + | 127 | Menu | |
| 94 | [extra key] (\ | on RiscPC and later) | 98 | Space | |
| 96 | TAB | 89 | Delete | |
| 97 | Z | 73 | Return | |
| 98 | Space | 105 | End/Copy | |
| 99 | V | 57 | Up | |
| 100 | B | 121 | Right | |
| 101 | M | 25 | Left | |
| 102 | , | 41 | Down | |
| 103 | . | 106 | 0 (keypad) | |
| 104 | / | 107 | 1 (keypad) | |
| 105 | End/Copy | 124 | 2 (keypad) | |
| 106 | 0 (keypad) | 108 | 3 (keypad) | |
| 107 | 1 (keypad) | 122 | 4 (keypad) | |
| 108 | 3 (keypad) | 123 | 5 (keypad) | |
| 112 | ESC | 26 | 6 (keypad) | |
| 113 | F1 | 27 | 7 (keypad) | |
| 114 | F2 | 42 | 8 (keypad) | |
| 115 | F3 | 43 | 9 (keypad) | |
| 116 | F5 | 58 | + (keypad) | |
| 117 | F6 | 59 | - (keypad) | |
| 118 | F8 | 76 | . (keypad) | |
| 119 | F9 | 74 | / (keypad) | |
| 120 | \ (# ~ on RiscPC and later (4th row, between ’ @ and Return)) | 90 | # (keypad) | |
| 121 | Right | 91 | * (keypad) | |
| 122 | 4 (keypad) | 60 | Enter (keypad) | |
| 123 | 5 (keypad) | 9 | Left mouse | |
| 124 | 2 (keypad) | 10 | Center mouse | |
| 125 | Left Logo | 11 | Right mouse | |
| 126 | Right Logo | 94 | [extra key] (\ | on RiscPC and later) | |
| 127 | Menu | 93 | + | |
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