MSDOS3.3, codepages, and keyboard remapping

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From: Russ Herman
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 1990 15:12

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I've started to wonder whether the Codepage feature of DOS3.3+ can be used
for keyboard remapping instead of the traditional INT09 replacement.  What
I want to do is use ALT-keys to generate what INT16 will think are normal
key codes, except they can take on values up to 255.

Can anyone point me to a reference (even the MS-DOS Encyclopedia is mum on
the details) or send info on how to generate a new codepage or appropriately
modify an existing one?  I've stared at a dump of KEYBOARD.SYS for awhile
but can't quite see the pattern to it.

Russ Herman
INTERNET: rwh@me.utoronto.ca  UUCP: ..uunet!utai!me!rwh

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From: rwh@me.utoronto.ca (Russ Herman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer
Subject: MSDOS3.3, codepages, and keyboard remapping
Message-ID: <1990Feb18.101225.27189@me.toronto.edu>
Date: 18 Feb 90 15:12:25 GMT
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