Hallo Herr Bernd Böckmann via Freedos-devel,

am Montag, 14. April 2025 um 20:05 schrieben Sie:



>> Am 14.04.2025 um 15:50 schrieb tom ehlert via Freedos-devel 
>> <freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>:
>> 
>> You are saying that this depends on the menu option being 3, independent of 
>> the effect of this option?

> Correct, considering the following stripped config:

I'm very good at stripping config myself. good luck.


> !MENUCOLOR=7,0
> MENUDEFAULT=3,5
> MENU 1 - Load FreeDOS with JEMMEX, no EMS (most UMBs), max RAM free
> MENU 2 - Load FreeDOS with JEMMEX (more compatible)
> MENU 3 - Load FreeDOS with JEMM386 (Expanded Memory)
> MENU 4 - Load FreeDOS low with some drivers (Safe Mode)
> MENU 5 - Load FreeDOS without drivers (Emergency Mode)
> 12345?DEVICE=C:\EXTKBD2.EXE

> The existence of the extended keyboard flag depends on which menu entry is 
> chosen. EXTKBD2 simply displays whether the extended keyboard flag is set.

> Also, Willi now noted that he can prevent the extended keyboard not being 
> detected by pressing specific keys while the BIOS does its POST: 
> "druck/s-abf, pause/unterbr, entf, pos1, bild auf, bild ab und ende tuns 
> auch".

yes. s much as he can prevent the PC from booting using a hammer.
detecting keyboard type is difficult enough without disturbance by users.

> So sounds to me like an issue with the BIOS.
in that case complain with the manufacturer. or use /E


> BDA dump with working keyboard:
> https://nextcloud.iww.rwth-aachen.de/index.php/s/sd85N4ZaQd3piHP

> BDA with broken keyboard:
> https://nextcloud.iww.rwth-aachen.de/index.php/s/Ptkf7oGwXAGCiwA

> Bernd



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Mit freundlichen Grüßen / with kind regards
Tom Ehlert
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