keyboard layout different in DOS from Windows 98

[ChrisMacPherson]

Hi all,

Strange problme here, I have just installed new hardrive and windows 98 on to it. I have it setup ok now, all except for my keyboard. In windows the keys all respond to their appropriate characters, but when I open a DOS prompt, some keys print out the wrong character to the screen!?!

This is weird, I have tried various different keyboard layout's to make sure I have the right one, and am sure I have selected the correct one.

Any help is much appreciated.

Chris MacPherson
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[jgoodman00]

i presume you mean you have tried several keyboard layouts within dos (i think it lives under keyb in the autoexec.bat) rather than within windows???

 

[paulovey]

Hi,

OK from memory the codes for UK in the autoexec.bat you want

mode con codepage prepare=((457) C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\ega.cpi)
mode con codepage select=457

and over in the config.sys i think its

Country=044,457,C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\country.sys

Havent played with these files for a few years now . I hope the codes are correct.

Paul

 

[ChrisMacPherson]

Hello,
Sorry about the delay in response, I'm ultra-busy(!!) at the moment. Em, I didn't know anything about setting the layout in DOS until you mentioned it actually! Thanks to paul for the codes but I dont have a uk keyboard, i bought this pc in the middle east, and the keyboard type is (in my windows control panel settings) United States or United States 101, they both work.

I have a better idea of what to search for now, DOS codes for the right layout.
I'll try searching for the codes, and then I guess I just replace the one in autoexec.bat yeah?

I'll wait for a reply before I try the replacement, but I'll see if I can find the codes.

Thanks guys! Chris MacPherson
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