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First post, by lundi-vendredi

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Hi there,
I have decided to reinstall my old dos games which were sleeping in a floppy box at home... However, I got stuck at the very beginning:

How do you type a backslash \ ?
I have a swiss keyboard (qwertz) and I usually use AltGr ><

Well, I told you this was embarrassing.
Thank in advance for your help!

Gen

Reply 2 of 4, by Zup

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You may use keyb from FreeDOS inside DOSBox. I'm using it to get spanish keyboard.

I have traveled across the universe and through the years to find Her.
Sometimes going all the way is just a start...

I'm selling some stuff!

Reply 3 of 4, by lundi-vendredi

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Thank you for your help.
I still have to try FreeDos, but my problem is momentarily solved.

\ is $ on the swiss french keyboard (yeah this one is really specially designed for 1mio people)

: is ö (shift é)

good to know that you can also use the / instead.

Thank you again!

Gen

Reply 4 of 4, by Zup

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Not FreeDOS, only the KEYB program. It is DOSBox compatible, so you won't need to install everything.

I have traveled across the universe and through the years to find Her.
Sometimes going all the way is just a start...

I'm selling some stuff!