Using Old AT Style Northgate Keyboard with Mac mini

I have just switched to Mac from Windows and I am having trouble figuring out how to use my favorite keyboard. It's a Northgate Omni Key 102 At style keyboard without a "windows" key and I don't know how to access Command, or Option with it. Is there any work around that will allow me to use this keyboard? I hope so because it is like an old friend and I would hate to have to retire it.
Thanks!

Hello Winston,
I'm sorry. Having been a Mac user for over ten years, but never having used a Northgate Omni thingie, I can't tell you how to make an apple/command or option key.
But I can tell you how to find out what the Mac thinks the keyboard is saying to it.
Go to System Preferences—>International
Click on the "Character Palette" and "Keyboard Viewer" checkboxes.
At the bottom of the window, click on the "Show input menu in menu bar" checkbox.
On the menu bar you should now see a flag corresponding to your standard national keyboard (Stars & Stripes for US, Union Flag for GB, Tricolour for French and so on). Click on this, and on the menu you'll see "Show Keyboard Viewer". This gives a tiny floating palette which is an image of the keyboard. The character generated from each key is shown on the keyboard, and this changes as you press the modifier keys (command, option. control, shift and fn on laptops) singly or in combination. Look for the symbol of a square with a circle on each corner (ought to be on the bottom row next to or near the space bar. That's the Command or Apple key.
In the same way, the Option or Alt key is shown on the Keyboard Viewer as a symbol of a lower-case Y lying on its side (approximately). Similarly again, the Control key shows up as a giant circumflex accent, and so on.
Hope this helps,
Archie

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