Re: Which Extended Keyboard for the GS?

[dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

In article <CnE8xq.4EG@crash.cts.com>,
Randy Shackelford <shack@crash.cts.com> wrote:
> In article <2n71v9$mmp@news.iastate.edu>,
> robert s. claney <txa84@isuvax.iastate.edu> wrote:
> 
> >Not that anyone probably cares, but I just noticed that the AEK II _doesn't_
> >have the "Undo Cut Copy Paste" labels under the first four function keys, but
> >the original does.
> 
> So do they do the same things though?

They certainly should.  The "undo" etc. labels were probably there for
the standard mapping of those keys on the Macintosh.  They can be used
for any function you like on the IIgs, provided your software supports
function keys (which is rare).

> I have a buddy who uses an extended II with his IIgs. I borrowed it not long
> ago and put it on my IIgs since I had heard that the lights work properly
> on an extended when it's connected to a ROM 3. The only light we could get
> to light was caps lock though. We didn't know how to get the others to come
> on.

That is correct - Caps Lock lights up.  The others don't, because "num
lock" and "scroll lock" are not standard functions (on the Mac or the
IIgs).  Most of the labels on the Extended Keyboard seem to be
intended for use with an IBM PC emulator, and if you use the Extended
Keyboard with a PC Transporter, all of the keys have their labelled
functions, and all three indicator lights work (on a ROM 03, at least
- I haven't tried it on my ROM 01 but I see no reason why they
wouldn't work).

BTW, there are at least two programs around which make the Caps Lock
indicator light work on a ROM 01.
-- 
David Empson
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