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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
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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.

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*Dave Hull insignia@netcom.com*   Insignia Tech Support (415) 694-7604
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