Re: VDOS memory and screen length

[Manuel Castelao castelao@xxxxxxxx]

Kari,
Thank you very much for your message. No problem in XyWrite. The problem
is in VDos. Do you know any method to force Vdos to accept a Spanish
keyboard?

M.C.

Kari Eveli wrote:
> Manuel,
>
> > 1. Vdos doesnt take the system language settings. In my case, Spanish
> > keyboard. Theoretically speaking, Vdos should take that value. Its
> > not the case. The standard English keyboard is the only available in
> > Vdos.
>
> You are right: codepage 854 does not work. I am not familiar with the
> Spanish version of XyWrite. Spanish characters are included in the
> codepage 437 which works in vDos. I think you should explicitly set the
> codepage to 437 and program your Xy keyboard file to match your physical
> keyboard if you want to make use of vDosXy. Or if you want to use the
> ANSI version, reprogram your keyboard file to match.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Kari Eveli
> LEXITEC Book Publishing (Finland)
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