🚀 go-pugleaf

RetroBBS NetNews Server

Inspired by RockSolid Light RIP Retro Guy

Article View: comp.sys.mac.apps
Article #11156

Re: Soft PC problems on Plus with 512 Keyboard...

#11156
From: Dave Hull
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 1991 15:57
25 lines
1822 bytes
delingma@THUNDER.LAKEHEADU.CA writes:

>I am trying to Soft PC on my Mac Plus at home. The program works great,
>I get a Norton SI rating of about 0.3 of a 4.77MHz Xt :-) but I don't need
>blinding speed. (Better not with that rating...)
>My question is this: I only have a 512 keyboard (I used to have a 512, but
>got the motherboard swap up to a Plus.) This means I have no arrow keys,
>and no numeric keypad. The manual says to get the function keys etc you need
>to use the command and number to get it. This does not work. It also says
>that the arrow keys map to the IBM arrow keys. I do not have any arrow keys.
>Does anyone know of a workaround for this? A patch? 

Your best bet would be to get a key mapping program such as QuickKeys.
Set up the keys on a Mac that has the proper keys and then map them out
appropreately on your Mac.

-- 
"There are innumerable questions to which the inquisitive mind can in
this state receive no answer:  Why do you and I exist?  Why was the
world created?  Since it was to be created, why was it not created sooner?"
    --Samuel Johnson
"The same questions can be asked about your job."
    --What Color is Your Parachute
*Dave Hull insignia@netcom.com*   Insignia Tech Support (415) 694-7604
Any opinions here are mine.  My employers are kind enough not to read them.
Technical Details
Message-ID: <1991Jun27.155738.2713@netcom.COM>
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!apple!netcomsv!insignia
References: <9106270342.AA12842@thunder.LakeheadU.Ca>

Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!apple!netcomsv!insignia
From: insignia@netcom.COM (Dave Hull)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Soft PC problems on Plus with 512 Keyboard...
Message-ID: <1991Jun27.155738.2713@netcom.COM>
Date: 27 Jun 91 15:57:38 GMT
References: <9106270342.AA12842@thunder.LakeheadU.Ca>
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  UNIX System {408 241-9760 guest}
Lines: 25