Number Lock key anyone?

Okay ... I'd love to play NetHack ... but I need to enable my NumLock on my iMac's keyboard to get the number keypad to work right. Um ... where's the NumLock key?
I've heard the Clear key was the NumLock key: no success.
On my iBook I think f6 is the NumLock key: no success on the iMac.
Key combinations with f6 or Clear: no success.
Help?

My Apple Black Pro keyboard's 'Clear' key also has 'Num Lock' on it, oddly enough I have never found it to do anything other then clear. I think I read somewhere that there was a num lock LED for the key as well but I have never seen it on.
I think Apple quietly dropped the 'num lock' label on the key to avoid confusion (As it didnt do anything).
Found on google --->
How does the Num Lock key work?
The Num Lock key on the Mac does not really do Num Lock. It is the Clear key. For example, when you are in the Calculator application, pressing Clear/NumLock erases the number displayed. The reason the key is marked Num Lock is for users running PC emulation software on the Mac. The clear key on the Mac has the same key code as the num lock key on the PC (i.e., they are the same key). Apple's keyboard works the same way, but they do not include the LED.
In versions of Mac OS before OS X 10.3 Panther, the Num Lock key LED may light up, but it does not affect how the keyboard functions.
--Spire

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