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Problems with F Keys in Dosbox

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First post, by Grr

Posted on 2004-06-26, 10:59

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Hi,

I'm running Dosbox in XP on a Pentium 4, and I can't get any of the F keys to work either in games, or as dosbox commands (i.e. I can't alter the cpu cycles etc.).

I have a funky microsoft keyboard that has a variety of functions for the f keys, but I tried changing my keyboard to a crappy optima (with no funky functions) but they still don't work - has anyone got any idea why?

Thanks.

Reply 1 of 4, by Predator

Posted on 2004-06-26, 15:03

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maybe its a keyboard utility that came with it ? a tsr program ?

Don't be so hard

Reply 2 of 4, by Guest

Posted on 2004-06-27, 03:49

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my logitech has an "F" key which needs to be activated to have the "old school" functions keys. Otherwise is not compatible with anything w/o their software!

Reply 3 of 4, by priestlyboy

Posted on 2004-06-27, 04:55

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Sigh, yeah I hate Logitech for not enabling the F Key to on by Default. Oh well. It's just one annoyance that can't be rectified unless somebody can code a system to force the F-Lock Key to stay on. Logitech says that can't do it, or they won't do it... I dunno I just know it's annoying.

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Reply 4 of 4, by Guest

Posted on 2004-07-12, 23:32

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Actually I have a piece of code that changes the function of the F lock key so that when it's off the normal F keys work, and when it's on the other funky keys work. I'm sure that you can get it off the net somewhere.

Regardless of whether the F lock is on or off, though, the F keys don't work in dosbox. It might be due to the code mentioned above (?) or it might be something to do with the driver? If you guys with this type of keyboard are having no problems, I guess it's the code.

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