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Offline krstf

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Num Lock + Mac = impossible?
« on: Sun, 25 April 2010, 08:36:24 »
Hi,
I was wondering if there is any way to turn on the NumLock key on a Model M for instance when using a Mac(Book)?
I have tried all sorts of combinations + looked on the net, but NumLock doesnŽt activate.

Does anyone here have the same problem/ and or a solution to this?

Thanks in advance and have a nice sunday.
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« Reply #1 on: Sun, 25 April 2010, 08:49:30 »
You can run Windows on the Mac and use Num-Lock there.
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Offline krstf

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« Reply #2 on: Sun, 25 April 2010, 08:53:57 »
Well that's an option, but not an option for me.
Thanks anywas
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Offline krstf

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« Reply #3 on: Sun, 25 April 2010, 09:31:41 »
ha! Found a solution! : Key Remap for Mac: http://pqrs.org/macosx/keyremap4macbook/

:)

Thanks for the kind help anyways!
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« Reply #4 on: Sun, 25 April 2010, 09:32:59 »
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I was wondering if there is any way to turn on the NumLock key on a Model M for instance when using a Mac(Book)?


Does the Num Lock key do anything at all? If the key is getting recognized at all, you might be able to use Keyboard Maestro to remap the key.

Are the Num Lock keys on Model M's the same as the Num Lock keys in current day boards? I don't have any problems at all with my Num Lock keys using "non-Mac" specific keyboards. I don't have a Model M though so I have no idea what might work.
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« Reply #5 on: Sun, 25 April 2010, 09:36:03 »
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ha! Found a solution! : Key Remap for Mac: http://pqrs.org/macosx/keyremap4macbook/


Hmm... cool utility! That appears to be basically the equivalent to AutoHotKey that Ripster mentioned. I didn't know about it. I'll have to try it out. Keyboard Maestro doesn't let you remap another key as the Caps Lock key. I don't have caps lock key right now because I use it as a control key.
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« Reply #6 on: Sun, 25 April 2010, 09:37:40 »
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Can Macs even recognize more than one key input?


Ohhhh..!!  Sorry...that was a Mac mouse I  was thinking of.

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Offline krstf

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« Reply #7 on: Sun, 25 April 2010, 09:54:49 »
Right now I remapped the numpad keys to the secondary functions (arrows and so on). Gotta play with it a little more and se if there is a possibility to toggle something as NumLock.
Before nothing happened at all when I pressed Num Lock.
IŽll also check wether it is possible to map arrowkeys to j k l i (HHKB style).

Cheers
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« Reply #8 on: Sun, 25 April 2010, 10:20:39 »
Quote from: Specter_57;175785
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Can Macs even recognize more than one key input?


Ohhhh..!!  Sorry...that was a Mac mouse I  was thinking of.

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Oh come on... Now you were just being evil.
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Offline Rajagra

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« Reply #9 on: Sun, 25 April 2010, 12:19:08 »
Quote from: Specter_57;175785
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Can Macs even recognize more than one key input?


Ohhhh..!!  Sorry...that was a Mac mouse I  was thinking of.

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What's the actual problem that needs to be overcome? Is the number pad unusable because NumLock is off? Is that different to how newer PC keyboards work?
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« Reply #10 on: Mon, 26 April 2010, 17:52:18 »
Quote from: Specter_57;175785
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Can Macs even recognize more than one key input?

Ohhhh..!!  Sorry...that was a Mac mouse I  was thinking of.

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Spec_57


Actually, pressing multiple keys really fast on an iMac spikes the CPU usage to 100%.

And using key mapping utilities wastes background resources.
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« Reply #11 on: Mon, 26 April 2010, 20:52:15 »
I've been using keyremap4macbook for a while now with no problems or bugs or anything. Glad you're liking it too.
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« Reply #12 on: Tue, 27 April 2010, 14:07:05 »
My solution: Get Windows 2000. It beats the living crap out of ANY Mac OS.
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« Reply #13 on: Wed, 28 April 2010, 13:09:50 »
Not as shiny. Clearly inferior.
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Offline Specter_57

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« Reply #14 on: Wed, 28 April 2010, 15:17:04 »
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re: "...: Get Windows 2000. It beats the living crap out of ANY Mac OS."

Ha!  OS/2 v2.0  would do that...did then does now.....as would/will/does DOS...
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« Reply #15 on: Wed, 28 April 2010, 15:42:36 »
You must be thinking of a different DOS and OS/2 than I am.
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