[G4] numeric keypad not working

RICHARD NORTHOUSE rnorthouse at wi.rr.com
Fri Feb 26 11:32:38 PST 2010


   Thanks Doug,
>
> I have already tried that -- but there is no light.  I vaguely  
> remember a little green LED under a key to denote a numeric lock on.  
> But this keyboard will "beep" when I press the "apple" + "clear"  
> key. But there is no visual or functional evidence that the "beep"  
> changed anything?

Rich

> Hi Gang,
>
> I need some help.  The numeric keypad on my Apple Pro keyboard  
> doesn't work. The entire numeric pad seems dead -- the non-numeric  
> keys (=, -,*./. etc) work ok. I exchanged keyboards with the same  
> result.
>
> It used to work, so I must have thrown some toggle by mistake. Can  
> someone help?
>
> There is a feature called "num-lock" which is a throwback to the  
> days when text editing used the keypad for things we now do with a  
> mouse. (Unless we're emacs types.)
>
> This Apple ADB keyboard, on OS 9, has a key at the upper left of the  
> keypad to turn num-lock off and on and there is an LED that is  
> supposed to tell if it's on - what you want - or off. As far as I  
> can tell it has never worked and the keyboard is locked in number  
> mode anyway.
>
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