Even with a modern keyboard (or at least as modern as well fit into a max 512K) that early version of macwrite does not support cursor keys. The original macs did not have cursor keys, and so the early software was not written to support them.
Just thought I'd drop that in. Oh yeah, one other thing, the torx drivers. Sears has a good one that works great. Just ask for the professional series T-10 tork driver. It's pretty long, has a nice rubber handle, and is nice and sturdy. It'll set you back about $8.00 but it's the ONLY way to tinker with a mac. -Bob On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 16:58:59 -0500, Eric Rasmussen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > How come the cursor keys don't work in Macwrite? (Or am I missing some > > key combination?) This keyboard is model M0110A. Is that original to > > this model? > > > > The Mac itself shows a model number of M0001W on the back lid, and has > > the Macintosh 512K logo, but under the screen the label reads just > > M0001. The serial number also ends just in M0001, and indicates a > > manufacture date during the 21st week of 1984, which is the middle of > > May, several months before the model was introduced, I think. So does > > that mean this is a 128K that was upgraded after the fact, or upgraded > > in the factory before being sold, or somewhere inbetween? Or is the > > only way to really tell to look at the logic board? > > For details on these early machines, I put everything I could find out > here: > > http://homepage.mac.com/chinesemac/earlymacs/ > > As Stuart said, yours sounds like a Mac 128K and a 512K were combined, > and the keyboard was replaced with a M0110A keyboard. Stuart and > Antonio are right that the M0110A keyboard only came with the Plus--it > was never sold with the 512Ke, not even the 1987 edition of the 512Ke > with the second-revision ROMs. But Apple also sold it separately as an > upgrade "kit"--it is mentioned at the end of the BYTE preview of the > Mac Plus: > > http://www.byte.com/art/9606/sec5/art2.htm > > I gather your internal drive is still 400K. So the short answer is yes, > you will have to open it up to see what you've got. The 400K drive will > have a different insert/eject mechanism if it is from the May 1984 > machine as opposed to the 512K machine. See my notes on this about the > model numbers (OA-D34V vs. OA-D34V-22)--sorry I never got around to > taking pictures, but the earlier mechanism has lots of plastic parts, > while the later mechanism is mostly metal. > > I'm not sure which System/Finder was the first to handle the cursor > keys, but System 3.0 Finder 5.1 and above would work, of course. System > 3.2 Finder 5.3 is probably best for what you've got. I think the early > Mac Plus (and 512Ke) came with MacWrite 4.5 (which had been released in > April 1985 with System 2.0 Finder 4.1). > > HTH, Eric Rasmussen > > > > > -- > Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > >The Think Different Store > http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com > --------------------------------------------------------------- > -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
