Clark Martin wrote:

> On WinHell the NumLock key turns the numeric keypad into cursor keys. 
> Some M$ programs do activate the numlock light and treat the numeric 
> keypad differently (I don't recall what they do off hand).

Bios?

> On a Mac the num lock light doesn't normally light up at startup or 
> any other time unless some program activates it.  The main reason 
> it's there at all is that when Apple introduced this style of 
> keyboard they wanted one that looked like the pc keyboard so some 
> people could feel "comfortable".

Kinda like the function keys?


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