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Volhout
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Posted: 07:21am 10 Jul 2018
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Hi all,

When I run MMBASIC DOS version on windows 10, some key's on the keyboard behave weird. I have checked the manual, and geoff's page, but did not find a clue on how to fix it. Tried running MMbasic as XP, or even WIN98 (as close as windows 10 goes to DOS).

The screen shows:

I type " (a double quote)
I get 80 ("

Most characters are OK, but this also happens with ^
This is probably a very simple fix, or setting, but I am stuck.

Please hint .....

Volhout


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TassyJim

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Posted: 07:35am 10 Jul 2018
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What keyboard settings do you have on your PC?
It sounds like a key mapping issue.

Jim
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Volhout
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Posted: 08:00am 10 Jul 2018
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Hi TassyJim,

Using a laptop, either with laptop keyboard, or with external USB keyboard.
Both keyboards are listed in system manager as "standard PS2 keyboard"
Language setting of the machine is English/USA.

I do notice however that on this machine when typing the " character, it always acts strange.
in WORD I get double double quotes ""
in NOTEPAD I get nothing, but when I type a character next, the double quote appears.

Looks like it is trying to compose a character or something.

I'll dig into this a bit myself, since composing characters is something that happens in Holland, where I live, so it may be a hidden language in this PC causing this.

I'll keep you posted...

Regards,

Harm
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Volhout
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Posted: 08:06am 10 Jul 2018
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Solved !!!

The keyboard was set to "QWERTY - US-International"
I changed it to "QWERTY - US"

now everything behaves as it should.

Thanks for the hint...

Volhout
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