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On 4/24/20 9:41 AM, John Yeung wrote:
This is one of the first things I think most people learn when they
switch from something else to Mac: that the key which is physically
labeled "Ctrl" means something else.
Actually, at least starting with the ADB Macs (the pre-ADB Macs didn't
have a control key) the "Control (CTRL)" and "Command ('splat')" keys
are entirely different from each other. "Option" is more-or-less
equivalent to "Alt." And for 5250 function keys to work properly on a
Mac, you *do* need to disengage the BIOS functions of those keys. With a
genuine Apple keyboard, I believe there's a setting for that; if you're
buying a Unicomp or other third-party keyboard, you need to specifically
*not* buy a Mac-specific model (and with Unicomp, you can *get*
Mac-specific and 5250-specific keycaps; I have a few of each on my
keyboard. Alas, Unicomp doesn't, at least the last time I checked, put
the "splat" and "option" symbols on their Mac-specific keycaps, but you
can do remarkable things with clear blank wet-decal film and a laser
printer.
--
JHHL
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