So yeah, this is something of a noobish question but I just can't seem to figure out how on earth to equip items in Ultima 1 The first age of Darkness... Can anyone help me out here?

Copy/pasta from Origin's Ultima Archieve:

The following is a list of all of the commands and what they do:

A - Attack - Attacks an enemy using readied weapon. Same as numeric keypad
B - Board - Board a craft such as a ship
C - Cast - Cast the currently readied spell
D - Drop - ???
E - Enter - Enters a town, cave, or castle
F - Fire - Fire a weapon (like the airship's laser)
G - Get - Gets an item (such as Mondain's Gem)
H - Hyperjump - Warp in space to sector that you are heading to (if in forward view)
I - Inform and Search - Tell wher you are or what you are on
K - Climb - Climb up or down a ladder in a dungeon
N - Noise - Turn walking noise either off or on
O - Open - Open a coffin in a dungeon
Q - Quit - Saves game (does NOT actually quit)
R - Ready - Ready a weapon, armor, or spell
S - Steal - Steal from a castle's stores
T - Transact - Talk to king or shopkeeper
U - Unlock - Unlock a door in a castle (if you have the key)
V - View - Change view in the space ship
X - Exit - Exit a craft
Z - Status - Get status information

Thanks! That info was strangely missing in the Ultima I manual. I was pretty sure there was a reference card with the original... but that was too long ago.