Number lock behavior

Hi,
I've had this 15" Powerbook DL for about a year and half now and still have a Powerbook Firewire. I am just noticing lately on the newer Powerbook that when the number lock key is on, I can't type with any other keys than the numeric ones. Is that normal? I would have thought that at least the non-numeric keys would work.
Maybe Powerbooks have always worked like this since at least 2000 when I got my Powerbook Firewire and I'm only noticing it now. I haven't checked that machine to see if it works like that (which runs OS 9.2.2).
(The newer Powerbook had a problem in the past where at times I wouldn't be able to type at all without having turned the number lock key on but that seems to have gone away for the most part, only happening so infrequently I don't think about it if it happens at all. The keyboard was replaced but that did not fix it.)
Thanks for any help.
John L

Hi,
Yes it's normal for the other keys to not type anything when the numlock key is on.
With regards to the function of the numlock key being inverted, ie when it's on you can type normally, I have seen this resolved by a re-install of the OS. Since the keyboard has already been replaced I would try that.
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