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Article #492Re: Dvorak keyboard
From: Keith T Skapinski
Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1992 18:48
Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1992 18:48
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In article <1992Aug1.192820.17549@sophia.smith.edu> gitlin@sophia.smith.edu (Carole Gitlin) writes: >Hi, > >After reading about the Dvorak keyboard on the NeXT groups, and trying it out >on my NeXT, I decided to put it on my PC. From archie, I got a list of >several sites with dvorak programs. However, none of them seemed to work. >One, a batch file, got stuck in an infinite loop. Two others, which were >in assembly language, I could not get assembled with several different >assemblers. Also, all of these programs were 7-10 years old. I was wondering >if anyone knew of a program to switch to the dvorak keyboard, and also to >switch back to the normal program. Any help would be greatly appreciated. > >Thanks, >Carole > >gitlin@sophia.smith.edu Use ANSI.SYS which comes with DOS. It allows you to assign keys to other keys. For example if the Q on a QWERTY keyboard should be a D on a Dvorak keyboard, just assign Q to D, etc. You should be able to find the syntax for doing this in your DOS manual or a third party DOS book. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- | kskapin@ic.sunysb.edu (Keith Skapinski) | place | | | witty quote | | BEEPER / VOICE MAIL SYSTEM: 516-341-3641 | here | ----------------------------------------------------------------
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