From the SHARP APL/PC Reference Manual V2 February 1985, page 3-2:

The <backspace> key in alternate case steps the cursor back but does not erase, 
leaving the character to be overstruck by the next character entered.  If this 
overstriking produces one of the valid composite APL characters, it remains on 
the screen.

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Cheers,
David Mitchell

Roger Hui wrote:
> http://www.jsoftware.com/papers/apl87.htm
> 
> Another of the significant milestones on the road
> from APL to J.
> 
> I have a question for people familiar with SHARP APL/PC.
> The paper has a diagram of the keyboard.
> http://www.jsoftware.com/papers/apl87.htm#xa
> This is a digital version of the image in the paper,
> itself reproduced from the SHARP APL/PC manual
> and is consistent with the keyboard stickers from
> the package.  What I don't understand is, there are
> quite a few APL characters missing:  nand, nor,
> upgrade, downgrade, etc.
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> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
> 
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