Why can't I use FKEY 0 on a Mac II

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From: tony cooper
Date: Thu, 02 Feb 1989 21:42

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When I try to use FKEY 0 I get a system error 03 (illegal instruction). This
is on a Mac II running 6.0.2 straight off the Apple distribution. Ie no FKEY
0 is installed, no non Apple INITs etc. The other FKEYs work as they should
ie 1 ejects the floppy, 3 and 4 do whatever they do (nothing for me), and
the rest just do nothing. 

Installing a FKEY 0 doesn't help. The same error occurs.

Using Suitcase II to pseudo install FKEY 0 doesn't work - same error. To use
FKEY 0 I have to use it from the Suitcase menu - not from the keyboard. All
the other keyboard FKEYs work fine from Suitcase.

I once had Switcheroo installed as FKEY 0 and it worked fine till this problem
developed. Something has happened to FKEY 0 and it occurs regardless of which
system I boot with. This suggests that the PRAM might be corrupted since that
is the only way I know that problems can survive reboots. PRAM INITs do not
solve the problem. This one has me baffled.

Tony

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From: name@Portia.Stanford.EDU (tony cooper)
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Subject: Why can't I use FKEY 0 on a Mac II
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Date: 2 Feb 89 21:42:13 GMT
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