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redifining keys under PC-DOS ver 2.00

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From: Lynn B. Dobbs
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 1986 18:53
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I need to redefine the carriage return key on my IBM PCXT.  The standard
hex values generated when the carriage return is hit is 0D 0A.  That is
a carriage return and a line feed.  What I need is 0D 0D 0A.

This may sound a bit strange, but it really is necessary :-).

PC-DOS ver 2.00 allows binary level redefinition, but I can't figure out
how to get the silly thing to do it! 

I am driving a Decitek tape punch that performs ascii to baudot conversions.
The tapes will be feed into a system that requires each line to be 
terminated with ascii 0D 0D 0A.

I have looked at several programs that allow redefining the keyboard, but
they all allow only key substitution or macro generation.  None of which
will allow me insert a 0D in the sequence generated by the carriage return
key.

HELP!

I am not a programmer (yet!) so please be specific in any help you can give
me.  Thanks in advance.

--Lynn
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From: dobbs@marlin.UUCP (Lynn B. Dobbs)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: redifining keys under PC-DOS ver 2.00
Message-ID: <649@marlin.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 25-Aug-86 14:53:43 EDT
Article-I.D.: marlin.649
Posted: Mon Aug 25 14:53:43 1986
Date-Received: Wed, 27-Aug-86 20:45:42 EDT
Reply-To: dobbs@cod.UUCP (Lynn B. Dobbs)
Organization: Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego
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