Not sure if....

WolfgangPC · Post by **WolfgangPC** » Sun Feb 15, 2004 10:57 pm

OK, l am going nuts here, not sure if this is the right forum, but I am in DOS and the keyboard will not give me a backslash symbol when I hit the key, it gives me some funky looking e thing, how in the hell do I get the backslash symbol??? I am at witts end here, where the hell is Norm?? Help guys..

MadDoctor · Post by **MadDoctor** » Sun Feb 15, 2004 11:20 pm

Do you have another keyboard you can try?

WolfgangPC · Post by **WolfgangPC** » Sun Feb 15, 2004 11:28 pm

No it's the only old style keybaord I have, I know there was another key series that would give you the backslash but it's been so long I forgot.

MadDoctor · Post by **MadDoctor** » Sun Feb 15, 2004 11:46 pm

How about the guy next door or across the street? Someone must have a keyboard you can use for a few seconds....

*looks at the two on the floor*

WolfgangPC · Post by **WolfgangPC** » Mon Feb 16, 2004 12:01 am

Just got another one and the same thing at the A prompt, I hit the backslash key and it gives me a "a" symbol, sorry thought it was a "e" origonally, I need that backslash symbol..

MadDoctor · Post by **MadDoctor** » Mon Feb 16, 2004 12:15 am

I have a few extras you can use: \\\\\\ /////// \\\\\\\ /////// \\\\\\\ /////// \\\\\\\

Other than switching keyboards... I don't have a clue as to what is wrong. Let me think for a bit.

Norm · Post by **Norm** » Mon Feb 16, 2004 12:28 am

Your autoexec.bat or config.sys is probably loading the wrong keyboard driver or language support.

richardc · Post by **richardc** » Mon Feb 16, 2004 9:49 am

U+005C or (0x5C) is for the reverse solidus in US DOS
according to the character map - I wonder if that would work.