Re: [Freedos-user] Backslash key on UK keyboard not recognised
On 5/3/2020 9:15 AM, Ian Park wrote: Hi Ralf (I deduce from the time difference that it's "good morning" with you...) Well, yes, though while I am German, I am living in the country side of Los Angeles, but had left early for some community event around 8am... ;-) Thank you for the pointer. I checked my autoexec.bat, and as set up when I installed FreeDOS it loaded mkeyb UK in conventional memory. I tried replacing mkeyb with KEYB and restarted (even a full shutdown and power up again, to make sure), but the \ key still didn't respond. I noticed that autoexec.bat has a line REM KEYB US,858,%dosdir%\bin\keyboard.sys I tried pasting the extra characters into the line for KEYB UK & restarted, but still no joy. I suspect that I would need to climb into the keyboard map file to deal with this, but it's so long since I did anything vaguely serious with DOS (my first ever PC was at work: an IBM XT with a magnificent 10MB hard drive...) that I can't remember where to start looking... The above line is a REMark, it will not be executed unless you remove the "REM " from the beginning of that line. Don't now right now what the right code page (the second parameter, here 858) for the UK is but you could just replace the US with UK and remove the rest of the line, it is optional. I'll have to rake around with DuckDuckGo... Yuk, I dread DuckDuckNoGo, I always ended up with more questions rather than answers. I am a bit confused with the description you gave of the location of the \ key, can you post a picture of the keyboard you're using (or a link to a web site showing the keyboard layout). I have in the past (a long time ago while still living in Germany) run a couple of times into keyboards that had some weird scan codes. mostly with not so standard keyboard layouts... Ralf -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] HP11 Streamer?
On Sun, May 3, 2020 at 9:54 PM dmccunney wrote: > On Sun, May 3, 2020 at 8:10 PM Vincent Asaro > wrote: > > > > Dennis - Thank you for all the info! > > You're welcome. > > > I installed Linux Mint via USB on that machine, I just want to be sure > FD will "see" the ports, so to speak, but the FD page sez it's so, so it > must be! > > Seeing USB ports and being able to use them are different things. > Bear in mind that FreeDOS was intended to be a compatible open source > alternative to MSDOS. USB did not *exist* when what FreeDOS was > trying to be compatible with was still being developed and sold. An > assortment of things folks would like in FreeDOS fall into the "It > didn't exist in real DOS, and therefore doesn't in FreeDOS" bucket. > USB is a FreeDOS work in progress. There is some support, but whether > there is support for what you require is another matter. (Assuming > you can install FreeDOS *from* USB, can you then write *to* something > attached to USB, like a thumb drive? How will you get stuff you > create *on* the HP off of it and to something else? And yes, > networking will be another challenge.) > > > I found the code for EP on Archive.org, mimeo of typewritten doc (!) > it's abt 4 pages long and I have every intention of punching in every > character manually LoL It's one of my Holy Grails, just to use that program > :) > > Have fun. EP was originally written for an 8 bit Atari microcomputer > that did not use CP/M or DOS as the OS. It was ported to CP/M by > other hands, and then to TRSDOS on the TRS-80 by yet other hands. Do > not expect the source you found on archive.org in a scan of a > typewritten document to be usable as is, even if you successfully > transcribe it. > > Since you were able to install Linux Mint (and I assume it ran), you > might be better served by installing DOSBox under Mint and using it to > run old DOS apps. You would at least have USB support already extant. > (I'd want more RAM on the HP machine, but 2GB should work. I have > Lubuntu dual-booting on an Acer Aspire1 notebook with WinXP Home. The > Acer has 1.5GB RAM. Lubuntu is not exactly speedy, but *does* run.) > __ > Dennis > > > ___ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] HP11 Streamer?
On Sun, May 3, 2020 at 8:10 PM Vincent Asaro wrote: > > Dennis - Thank you for all the info! You're welcome. > I installed Linux Mint via USB on that machine, I just want to be sure FD > will "see" the ports, so to speak, but the FD page sez it's so, so it must be! Seeing USB ports and being able to use them are different things. Bear in mind that FreeDOS was intended to be a compatible open source alternative to MSDOS. USB did not *exist* when what FreeDOS was trying to be compatible with was still being developed and sold. An assortment of things folks would like in FreeDOS fall into the "It didn't exist in real DOS, and therefore doesn't in FreeDOS" bucket. USB is a FreeDOS work in progress. There is some support, but whether there is support for what you require is another matter. (Assuming you can install FreeDOS *from* USB, can you then write *to* something attached to USB, like a thumb drive? How will you get stuff you create *on* the HP off of it and to something else? And yes, networking will be another challenge.) > I found the code for EP on Archive.org, mimeo of typewritten doc (!) it's abt > 4 pages long and I have every intention of punching in every character > manually LoL It's one of my Holy Grails, just to use that program :) Have fun. EP was originally written for an 8 bit Atari microcomputer that did not use CP/M or DOS as the OS. It was ported to CP/M by other hands, and then to TRSDOS on the TRS-80 by yet other hands. Do not expect the source you found on archive.org in a scan of a typewritten document to be usable as is, even if you successfully transcribe it. Since you were able to install Linux Mint (and I assume it ran), you might be better served by installing DOSBox under Mint and using it to run old DOS apps. You would at least have USB support already extant. (I'd want more RAM on the HP machine, but 2GB should work. I have Lubuntu dual-booting on an Acer Aspire1 notebook with WinXP Home. The Acer has 1.5GB RAM. Lubuntu is not exactly speedy, but *does* run.) __ Dennis ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] HP11 Streamer?
Dennis - Thank you for all the info! I installed Linux Mint via USB on that machine, I just want to be sure FD will "see" the ports, so to speak, but the FD page sez it's so, so it must be! I found the code for EP on Archive.org, mimeo of typewritten doc (!) it's abt 4 pages long and I have every intention of punching in every character manually LoL It's one of my Holy Grails, just to use that program :) On Sun, May 3, 2020 at 6:22 PM dmccunney wrote: > On Sun, May 3, 2020 at 4:28 PM Vincent Asaro > wrote: > > > > Eric, > > > > Thank you for the detailed response! I never played video games, > actually, I'm just nostalgic for the text interface experience and I really > want to use WordPerfect again but without installing a VM. As long as I can > enter code and also load DOS programs via USB, I'll get tons of mileage out > of FD - there are several legacy word processors I also want to try, like > Electric Pencil. A weird obsession, I know, but I'm a writer ;) Thanks > again! > > It depends on what you consider a VM. There is an open source > cross-platform package called DOSbox, intended to let folks play old > DOS games on things that *aren't* DOS PCs. A fork called vDOS is > specifically intended for supporting DOS character mode productivity > applications, but it is X86 specific. > > I use the vDOSPlus fork of vDOS to run an assortment of old DOS > programs here under Win10. In my case, I run the VDE editor, which > is a WordStar clone that originated under CP/M and was subsequently > moved to DOS (though I have successfully run WS7 as well.), and a few > old DOS character mode games, like DOS versions of Unix Larn and VMS > Empire. Word Perfect runs as well, and there's a fan site with > details on running it under vDOS here: > http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/wpdos/vdoswp.html > > (I have also gotten them running on an Android tablet using an Android > port of DOSBox. The problem there was finding an Android port of > DOSBox that passed ctrl-key combos through to the application, which > as an absolute necessity for running a WordStar style editor.) > > DOSBox and VDOSPlus implement enough of DOS to run DOS applications > but you'll want to add things. In particular, the provided shell you > talk to at a command line is a subset of COMMAND.COM providing just > enough to let you type in the name of a program to run. For > anythi8nhg beyond that, you'll want to install FreeDOS command or 4DOS > which is also available for FreeDOS. > > Running DOS apps here with vDOSPlus is a matter of a shortcut that > runs the vDOSPlus program, and runs it *in* the directory where the > DOS app lives. vDOS looks for autoexec.txt and config.txt files which > are the equivalent of autoexec.bat and config.sys and perform the same > functions and you run the program from auatexec.. > > You can find vDOSPlus here: https://www.vDosPlus.org > > If you want to run FreeDOS "on the bare metal", so to speak, your > hardware looks more than adequate, assuming you can install from USB. > > Where did you find a runnable version of Electric Pencil? > > > ~ Vincent > __ > Dennis > > > ___ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] HP11 Streamer?
PS: Will FD recognize the USB ports? What I'm after is to load/run WordPerfect, my favorite word processor, which I now miss dearly. On Sun, May 3, 2020 at 4:11 PM Vincent Asaro wrote: > Thank you! It's this little jobbie: > > > https://www.amazon.com/HP-11-d010wm-2-16GHz-Certified-Refurbished/dp/B07L5QQMJP/ref=sr_1_16?crid=1WS283A5OXV7E=1=hp+11+stream+laptop=1588536603=hp11+stre%2Caps%2C186=8-16 > > Linux Mint has very easy BIOS access. > > On Sun, May 3, 2020 at 4:00 PM Jim Hall wrote: > >> I couldn't find the exact specs on this laptop, but I think you mean this >> one: >> https://store.hp.com/us/en/pdp/hp-stream-11-pro-g5-notebook-pc-5ga98av-mb >> >> If this has a BIOS, then it should work. Yes, you'd need to try it with >> the USB installer. >> >> On Sun, May 3, 2020 at 2:49 PM Vincent Asaro >> wrote: >> >>> I have a little HP11 streaming laptop I'm not using - I used it to try >>> out Linux Mint, now it's redundant - is it a good candidate for FreeDOS? >>> I'd be dependant on the USB ports for I/O. Thank you! >>> ___ >>> Freedos-user mailing list >>> Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >>> >> ___ >> Freedos-user mailing list >> Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >> > ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] HP11 Streamer?
On Sun, May 3, 2020 at 4:28 PM Vincent Asaro wrote: > > Eric, > > Thank you for the detailed response! I never played video games, actually, > I'm just nostalgic for the text interface experience and I really want to use > WordPerfect again but without installing a VM. As long as I can enter code > and also load DOS programs via USB, I'll get tons of mileage out of FD - > there are several legacy word processors I also want to try, like Electric > Pencil. A weird obsession, I know, but I'm a writer ;) Thanks again! It depends on what you consider a VM. There is an open source cross-platform package called DOSbox, intended to let folks play old DOS games on things that *aren't* DOS PCs. A fork called vDOS is specifically intended for supporting DOS character mode productivity applications, but it is X86 specific. I use the vDOSPlus fork of vDOS to run an assortment of old DOS programs here under Win10. In my case, I run the VDE editor, which is a WordStar clone that originated under CP/M and was subsequently moved to DOS (though I have successfully run WS7 as well.), and a few old DOS character mode games, like DOS versions of Unix Larn and VMS Empire. Word Perfect runs as well, and there's a fan site with details on running it under vDOS here: http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/wpdos/vdoswp.html (I have also gotten them running on an Android tablet using an Android port of DOSBox. The problem there was finding an Android port of DOSBox that passed ctrl-key combos through to the application, which as an absolute necessity for running a WordStar style editor.) DOSBox and VDOSPlus implement enough of DOS to run DOS applications but you'll want to add things. In particular, the provided shell you talk to at a command line is a subset of COMMAND.COM providing just enough to let you type in the name of a program to run. For anythi8nhg beyond that, you'll want to install FreeDOS command or 4DOS which is also available for FreeDOS. Running DOS apps here with vDOSPlus is a matter of a shortcut that runs the vDOSPlus program, and runs it *in* the directory where the DOS app lives. vDOS looks for autoexec.txt and config.txt files which are the equivalent of autoexec.bat and config.sys and perform the same functions and you run the program from auatexec.. You can find vDOSPlus here: https://www.vDosPlus.org If you want to run FreeDOS "on the bare metal", so to speak, your hardware looks more than adequate, assuming you can install from USB. Where did you find a runnable version of Electric Pencil? > ~ Vincent __ Dennis ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] HP11 Streamer?
Thank you! It's this little jobbie: https://www.amazon.com/HP-11-d010wm-2-16GHz-Certified-Refurbished/dp/B07L5QQMJP/ref=sr_1_16?crid=1WS283A5OXV7E=1=hp+11+stream+laptop=1588536603=hp11+stre%2Caps%2C186=8-16 Linux Mint has very easy BIOS access. On Sun, May 3, 2020 at 4:00 PM Jim Hall wrote: > I couldn't find the exact specs on this laptop, but I think you mean this > one: > https://store.hp.com/us/en/pdp/hp-stream-11-pro-g5-notebook-pc-5ga98av-mb > > If this has a BIOS, then it should work. Yes, you'd need to try it with > the USB installer. > > On Sun, May 3, 2020 at 2:49 PM Vincent Asaro > wrote: > >> I have a little HP11 streaming laptop I'm not using - I used it to try >> out Linux Mint, now it's redundant - is it a good candidate for FreeDOS? >> I'd be dependant on the USB ports for I/O. Thank you! >> ___ >> Freedos-user mailing list >> Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >> > ___ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Backslash key on UK keyboard not recognised
Hi! MKEYB has a few built-in maps, so you need no separate map file. Check the command line help. If you do use full keyb, remember to remove the REM which comments it out ;-) Regards, Eric ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Backslash key on UK keyboard not recognised
On 03/05/2020 15:48, Ralf Quint wrote: On 5/3/2020 1:49 AM, Ian Park wrote: Good morning Over the past few days I've progressed as far as installing FreeDOS 1.2 on an old PC (HP Deskpro low profile, 1700MHz Pentium, 512MB RAM, 20GB HDD, CD ROM drive). Still early stages, I'm finding my way around before I try to move on to connecting to a network (but that's another story...). I've hit an oddity; FreeDOS doesn't recognise the backslash (\) key on my USB UK keyboard. The other two PCs to which I connect it through a USB sharing switch (the one which I'm using to compose this email, running Linux Mint, and another running Windows 10) both recognise it. When I get time I'll try the US keyboard driver to see whether that recognises the \ key, but fairly obviously that would be rather less than ideal, since it's a UK keyboard! Can anyone offer a suggestion to deal with this problem, please? Which keyboard "driver" are you loading? With which parameters and where is it loaded? For all non-US ASCII keyboards, you need to load "KEYB" in autoexec.bat, for a UK keyboard this would be "keyb UK" Ralf Hi Ralf (I deduce from the time difference that it's "good morning" with you...) Thank you for the pointer. I checked my autoexec.bat, and as set up when I installed FreeDOS it loaded mkeyb UK in conventional memory. I tried replacing mkeyb with KEYB and restarted (even a full shutdown and power up again, to make sure), but the \ key still didn't respond. I noticed that autoexec.bat has a line REM KEYB US,858,%dosdir%\bin\keyboard.sys I tried pasting the extra characters into the line for KEYB UK & restarted, but still no joy. I suspect that I would need to climb into the keyboard map file to deal with this, but it's so long since I did anything vaguely serious with DOS (my first ever PC was at work: an IBM XT with a magnificent 10MB hard drive...) that I can't remember where to start looking... I'll have to rake around with DuckDuckGo... Best regards Ian -- Ian Park email: i.d.c.p...@chalmers-park.name -- ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] HP11 Streamer?
Eric, Thank you for the detailed response! I never played video games, actually, I'm just nostalgic for the text interface experience and I really want to use WordPerfect again but without installing a VM. As long as I can enter code and also load DOS programs via USB, I'll get tons of mileage out of FD - there are several legacy word processors I also want to try, like Electric Pencil. A weird obsession, I know, but I'm a writer ;) Thanks again! ~ Vincent On Sun, May 3, 2020 at 4:14 PM Eric Auer wrote: > > Hi Vincent! I would say as long as it has at least a > few megabytes of RAM and at least a 386 CPU, FreeDOS > should run on any PC ;-) Which specific parts are you > worried about? The BIOS will usually support "legacy" > OS such as DOS in helping with USB keyboard and mouse > access and access to any built-in harddisk or SSD. > > Even the newest graphics cards should still support > classic text mode and common VGA modes, but there > is a thread in the BTTR forum complaining that some > new graphics cards became too exotic for DOS games. > > Note that almost no game for DOS will support current > sound infrastructure such as AC97 or HDA. If you are > looking for sound beyond the PC speaker or beeper, it > is better to run DOS in a virtual environment such as > dosemu2 or a complete generic virtual PC. Using dosemu > has the advantage that you get guest drivers which let > you access a Linux directory as if it was a DOS disk. > > Regarding disk sizes: FreeDOS supports only MBR style > partitions yet, no GPT, so you are limited to using > the first 2 TB of your disks. If your BIOS does not > support LBA48, it could even be the first 128 GB. > > Regards, Eric > > PS: There are some DOS media players which support some > newer sound chips, but I do not know any games which do. > > > I have a little HP11 streaming laptop I'm not using - I used it to try > out > > Linux Mint, now it's redundant - is it a good candidate for FreeDOS? I'd > be > > dependant on the USB ports for I/O. Thank you! > > > > > ___ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] HP11 Streamer?
Hi Vincent! I would say as long as it has at least a few megabytes of RAM and at least a 386 CPU, FreeDOS should run on any PC ;-) Which specific parts are you worried about? The BIOS will usually support "legacy" OS such as DOS in helping with USB keyboard and mouse access and access to any built-in harddisk or SSD. Even the newest graphics cards should still support classic text mode and common VGA modes, but there is a thread in the BTTR forum complaining that some new graphics cards became too exotic for DOS games. Note that almost no game for DOS will support current sound infrastructure such as AC97 or HDA. If you are looking for sound beyond the PC speaker or beeper, it is better to run DOS in a virtual environment such as dosemu2 or a complete generic virtual PC. Using dosemu has the advantage that you get guest drivers which let you access a Linux directory as if it was a DOS disk. Regarding disk sizes: FreeDOS supports only MBR style partitions yet, no GPT, so you are limited to using the first 2 TB of your disks. If your BIOS does not support LBA48, it could even be the first 128 GB. Regards, Eric PS: There are some DOS media players which support some newer sound chips, but I do not know any games which do. > I have a little HP11 streaming laptop I'm not using - I used it to try out > Linux Mint, now it's redundant - is it a good candidate for FreeDOS? I'd be > dependant on the USB ports for I/O. Thank you! ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] HP11 Streamer?
I couldn't find the exact specs on this laptop, but I think you mean this one: https://store.hp.com/us/en/pdp/hp-stream-11-pro-g5-notebook-pc-5ga98av-mb If this has a BIOS, then it should work. Yes, you'd need to try it with the USB installer. On Sun, May 3, 2020 at 2:49 PM Vincent Asaro wrote: > I have a little HP11 streaming laptop I'm not using - I used it to try out > Linux Mint, now it's redundant - is it a good candidate for FreeDOS? I'd be > dependant on the USB ports for I/O. Thank you! > ___ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
[Freedos-user] HP11 Streamer?
I have a little HP11 streaming laptop I'm not using - I used it to try out Linux Mint, now it's redundant - is it a good candidate for FreeDOS? I'd be dependant on the USB ports for I/O. Thank you! ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Backslash key on UK keyboard not recognised
On 5/3/2020 1:49 AM, Ian Park wrote: Good morning Over the past few days I've progressed as far as installing FreeDOS 1.2 on an old PC (HP Deskpro low profile, 1700MHz Pentium, 512MB RAM, 20GB HDD, CD ROM drive). Still early stages, I'm finding my way around before I try to move on to connecting to a network (but that's another story...). I've hit an oddity; FreeDOS doesn't recognise the backslash (\) key on my USB UK keyboard. The other two PCs to which I connect it through a USB sharing switch (the one which I'm using to compose this email, running Linux Mint, and another running Windows 10) both recognise it. When I get time I'll try the US keyboard driver to see whether that recognises the \ key, but fairly obviously that would be rather less than ideal, since it's a UK keyboard! Can anyone offer a suggestion to deal with this problem, please? Which keyboard "driver" are you loading? With which parameters and where is it loaded? For all non-US ASCII keyboards, you need to load "KEYB" in autoexec.bat, for a UK keyboard this would be "keyb UK" Ralf -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
[Freedos-user] Fwd: Backslash key on UK keyboard not recognised
Further to my email this morning, I tried using the US keyboard driver, and as I suspected, the \ key on my UK keyboard still wasn't recognised. The \ and | characters are produced by the key on the UK keyboard which is labelled # and ~ and the other changes in character mapping are as I would expect from switching to a US keyboard map. To switch to a US keyboard map to get the \ or | characters is, in my book, not a sensible option - does anyone know a route to getting the \ and | key (just to the left of Z) on a UK keyboard to work with FreeDOS, please? Thanks in advance Ian -- Ian Park email: i.d.c.p...@chalmers-park.name -- Forwarded Message Subject: [Freedos-user] Backslash key on UK keyboard not recognised Date: Sun, 3 May 2020 09:49:00 +0100 From: Ian Park Reply-To: Discussion and general questions about FreeDOS. To: FreeDOS User Mailing List Good morning Over the past few days I've progressed as far as installing FreeDOS 1.2 on an old PC (HP Deskpro low profile, 1700MHz Pentium, 512MB RAM, 20GB HDD, CD ROM drive). Still early stages, I'm finding my way around before I try to move on to connecting to a network (but that's another story...). I've hit an oddity; FreeDOS doesn't recognise the backslash (\) key on my USB UK keyboard. The other two PCs to which I connect it through a USB sharing switch (the one which I'm using to compose this email, running Linux Mint, and another running Windows 10) both recognise it. When I get time I'll try the US keyboard driver to see whether that recognises the \ key, but fairly obviously that would be rather less than ideal, since it's a UK keyboard! Can anyone offer a suggestion to deal with this problem, please? Thanks in advance Ian -- -- Ian Park email: i.d.c.p...@chalmers-park.name -- ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
[Freedos-user] Backslash key on UK keyboard not recognised
Good morning Over the past few days I've progressed as far as installing FreeDOS 1.2 on an old PC (HP Deskpro low profile, 1700MHz Pentium, 512MB RAM, 20GB HDD, CD ROM drive). Still early stages, I'm finding my way around before I try to move on to connecting to a network (but that's another story...). I've hit an oddity; FreeDOS doesn't recognise the backslash (\) key on my USB UK keyboard. The other two PCs to which I connect it through a USB sharing switch (the one which I'm using to compose this email, running Linux Mint, and another running Windows 10) both recognise it. When I get time I'll try the US keyboard driver to see whether that recognises the \ key, but fairly obviously that would be rather less than ideal, since it's a UK keyboard! Can anyone offer a suggestion to deal with this problem, please? Thanks in advance Ian -- -- Ian Park email: i.d.c.p...@chalmers-park.name -- ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
