🚀 go-pugleaf

I have just acquired a nice new Mac II for use on an educational project.
Part of the package is an Apple Extended KeyBoard, and I am curious as to
the function of the some of the keys, or the intended function.  Out of
the fifteen function keys, four are clearly marked "undo", "cut", "copy",
and "paste".  Three are marked "print screen", "scroll lock", and "pause".
Then there are other keys, which I think come also on the regular ADB
keyboard: "help/ins", "home", "page up", "end", and "page down".  There is
also the old "clear" key, same as on my Mac Plus keyboard, only it is also
labeled "num lock" now.

None of these named keys appears to do anything even remotely connected with
the function implied by the name!  I thought it was a nice touch to have
the "undo", "cut", "copy", and "paste" keys, so I immediately tried them out
with the Finder on the names of some document files.  No such luck, any
function key I pressed when inserting text just caused a '-' to be inserted.
Are the names placed on these keys for ornament only?  Or are the functions
supposed to be user-definable, meaning you have to buy some third-party
DA or INIT to make them do anything?

Also, in Key Caps when using the System Font every one of the function keys
shows a picture of an outline of the Apple symbol, as does Control-P, while
Control-T shows the Apple in solid.  Is the purpose of the Extended KeyBoard
to give users seventeen ways to generate an Apple symbol, and make up for it
being nearly impossible to do on earlier keyboards?

I suppose I could wait a long time for the answers to these questions, since
after almost two years and numerous System/Finder upgrades the "clear" key on
my Mac Plus keyboard has yet to "clear" anything!

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