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First post, by ryt

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how can i load dvorak keyboard in dosbox?

Reply 1 of 8, by MiniMax

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I think you have 2 options:

1) Use the DOSBox built-in keymapper.
2) Use the FreeDOS keyb program and hope you can find a Dvorak layout.

I have never had any success with the keymapper, so I use keyb with a Danish layout.

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Reply 4 of 8, by CaptJosh

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Ok, here's the problem I have, though. The FreeDOS project's keyb.exe does not play nice with others. I cannot play my copy of the Star Trek 25th Anniversary game (Enhanced GD-ROM edition) or Star Trek: Judgement Rites with it loaded.

This is a problem I know I did not suffer from using keyb.com. However, keyb.com will not run because, of course, DOSbox does not report the correct DOS version number.

Thoughts?

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Reply 6 of 8, by CaptJosh

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I can't download it. The link on the keyb page is broken.

EDIT: Should have included the URL for the page and the one for the link I'm trying to use.

The page:
http://projects.freedos.net/keyb/

The broken link is:
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/fre … yb/kb2pre4x.zip

EDIT 2: Did a google search for the filename and found it elsewhere. Testing now. I'll let you know how it goes.

Last edited by CaptJosh on 2007-02-19, 15:40. Edited 1 time in total.

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Reply 7 of 8, by wd

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http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/fre … /keyb/old/keyb/

Or you might want to wait for the next dosbox version which provides
internal support for keyboard layouts (depending on what layout you
want to use you don't need any external files at all then).

Reply 8 of 8, by CaptJosh

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Ok. The pre4 version will let me play both games with keys remapped so completely that even in game I'm using the Dvorak layout.

Oh and thanks for the info on the next version of DOSbox. I'll be keeping an eye out for it.

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There are only 10 kinds of people in the world;
those who understand binary and those who don't.