Macbook With Numeric Keypad



Apple Wireless Keyboard, Magic Keyboard, and many Bluetooth keyboards that use the Apple keyboard layout work with these iOS devices:

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  • iPad (all models)
  • iPhone 3GS or later
  • iPod touch (3rd generation or later)

The following Apple keyboards work with iOS:

Magic Keyboard with Numeric Keypad

  • Numeric keypad
  • Lightning connector, built-in battery
  • Works with iOS devices with iOS 10.3 or later

Magic Keyboard

  • Lightning connector, built-in battery
  • Works with iOS devices with iOS 9.1 or later

Apple Wireless Keyboard 2011

  • Uses two AA batteries
  • Exposé and Launchpad function keys:
  • When using Apple Wireless Keyboard (2011) with iOS 4.3 or earlier, the function keys are limited to the Eject key. Update to iOS 5 or later to enable additional function keys.

Apple Wireless Keyboard 2009

  • Uses two AA batteries
  • Exposé and Dashboard function keys:

Apple Wireless Keyboard 2007

  • No number pad, uses three AA batteries

The original Apple Wireless Keyboard (introduced in 2003, white case, number pad, uses four AA batteries) doesn't work with iOS.

Notes

  • Not all function keys that work on the Mac work on iOS devices.
  • In addition to Apple keyboards, many third-party Bluetooth keyboards that use the Apple keyboard layout work with iOS devices. Check with the keyboard manufacturer for additional information.

Learn more

  • Learn about Magic Keyboard for iPad.

Apple’s very first standalone (non-integrated) keyboard was a numeric keypad designed for the Apple //e.

In early 2019 I acquired one of these and set to work at converting it to work with QMK, and documented everything below.

Mac with numeric keypad

Description

Apple made two versions of the keypad, both released under model number A2M2003. The earlier version (from 1982) used Alps SKCC tall black switches and double-shot PBT keycaps with larger capitalized white legends. The later version (from 1983 onwards) used Alps black cross mount integrated dome switches and dye-sublimated PBT keycaps with smaller dark legends. Both versions were encased in a rounded ABS plastic clamshell case positioned at a fixed seven degree angle and bearing the apple logo in the lower-left side of the top surface.

The numpad features 24 keys arranged in a grid of 6 × 4. The left-most cluster (one column) consisted of (from top to bottom) escape, left arrow, right arrow, and space. The middle cluster had a standard numeric keypad with a 1.5u zero key at the bottom left, a comma key to its right, and a decimal key after that. The right cluster consisted of two columns offering open and close parenthesis, minus, divided by, plus, multiply, return, and print. The print key displayed a single question mark, which was shorthand for the AppleSoft Basic PRINT statement.

Macbook pro with numeric keypad

Packaging

The keypad shipped in a simple white box with gray graphics and print.

Contents

Inside the box:

Macbook Air With Numeric Keypad

  • The Numeric Keypad //e
  • Operations Manual
  • Service Wrench
  • VisiCalc Notice (printed on some kind of paper that didn’t age well)

Hardware

The keypad can be opened by removing the four screws on the bottom. The two at the rear are exposed, while the two at the front are hidden beneath the two rubber feet. Inside, the plate-mounted switches are connected to a simple PCB, with all connections routed to an 11 pin header (plus ground connections). Those connections are tied into a DB15 connection (same as VGA), which is the single fixed cable on the keypad.

Macbook With Numeric Keypad Control

Connection

To use the keyboard with a modern computer, I connected it to a DB15 breakout board and then connected the corresponding X/Y matrix pins to an Arduino Micro. Any hardware using an ATmega32U4 microcontroller could be used, though.

You can find detailed information on the pinout and connections on this Apple II wiki page and this Geekhack post. I’ve also combined all of the relevant information into a Pin Mappings section in the project’s config.h file.

My QMK firmware for this board is available in the Github repository, in /keyboards/converter/numeric_keypad_IIe and you can also use the QMK Configurator to build custom layouts.

I’m still working on my custom layout, but so far I’ve repurposed the left column of keys to manage volume and screen brightness.

Collaborate?

If you have one of these numpads and would like to swap notes, let me know!