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change keyboard language after installing Phil's DOS Starter pack

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First post, by Eimer

Posted on 2023-05-06, 08:39

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I installed Phil's MS DOS Starter pack https://www.philscomputerlab.com/ms-dos-starter-pack.html
on my DOS 6.22 machine.
keyboard layout changed to US after this.

How do I change it back to German?

I added those likes to config.sys and autoexec.bat

1autoexec.bat:
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3C:\DOS\MODE CON CODEPAGE PREPARE=((437) C:\DOS\EGA.CPI)
4C:\DOS\MODE CON CODEPAGE SELECT=437
5C:\DOS\KEYB GR,,C:\DOS\KEYBOARD.SYS
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9config.sys:
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11COUNTRY=049,437,C:\DOS\COUNTRY.SYS
12C:\DOS\DISPLAY.SYS CON=(EGA,,1)

but that gave me errors. I might of also put it in the wrong place, I did put it on the very top of each file.

Reply 1 of 2, by Kalle

Posted on 2023-05-07, 07:59

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Hello,

line 5 "C:\DOS\KEYB GR,,C:\DOS\KEYBOARD.SYS" is all you need. You could also add the LH command to load it high and gain some KBs of conventinal memory, but it should work either way.
What error messages did you get? Is C:\DOS the place where all the files reside on your machine?

Reply 2 of 2, by Eimer

Posted on 2023-05-12, 08:06

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thanks that worked!

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