Last time I checked, they "just worked" out of the box!

Of course, your application (or shell) needs to understand them.  Make
sure your TERM environment variable is set properly (should be either
vt100 or vt220).  If you want your shell to recall previous commands when
you press the up-arrow key, you'll probably need tcsh.

On Tue, 18 Feb 1997, Brian D. Browder wrote:

> I know that I saw the answer to this somewhere, but I can't remember where.
> How do I get the arrow keys on a mac extended keyboard to work?  I'm using
> a Centris 650.
> 
> Brian Browder
> bbrowder@cs.stanford.edu
>